Ted Cruz: “Audit every state, but start with the big blue states…”

“I think those exact same incentives are playing out in Illinois, and I think those exact same incentives are playing out in California. So I'm calling on the Trump administration to audit. Audit every state, but start with the big blue states, because I think that is where you are most likely to find. Find the fraud, where the pattern is the same. And I gotta. I gotta tell you, people like Gavin Newsom are sweating right now. They don't want anyone looking at the fraud in California because my. The incentives are identical.” (23:42–23:53)

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