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Ted Cruz: “Boca Chica was an empty beach at the southern tip of Texas…”

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Published | Video Starts at 1:05:10

Like, that's a crazy ass idea that he's doing. I was a couple of months ago down at Boca Chica with Elon and President Trump. We're walking through. So five years ago, Boca Chica was an empty beach at the southern tip of Texas. Nothing was there. He's built an entire city with such precision, they're making a rocket ship a month that is precise down to a tenth of a millimeter. (1:05:10–1:05:16)

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Asserts that Boca Chica was undeveloped before SpaceX's presence.

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