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Ted Cruz: “Bernie has had trouble getting the african american vote…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Why Primaries Matter! Verdict Ep.197.mp3

Published | Video Starts at 22:46

Joe Biden 48% Bernie Sanders 20%. Interesting. So understand in 2020, Bernie had won Iowa and New Hampshire. Yeah. And then South Carolina came in, and the african american vote rallied. Bernie has had trouble getting the african american vote historically. And for the Democrats, South Carolina, they circled the wagons and elected Joe Biden. South Carolina's got a long history of it. All right, how about 1980? Republican side. (22:46–22:50)

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Asserts that Bernie Sanders has historically had trouble securing the African American vote.

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