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Ted Cruz: “California could adopt socialized medicine today. It's not…”

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

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Published January 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 22:16

Right. You've got a Democrat governor, you've got a Democrat super majority legislature. There's no constitutional impediment California could adopt socialized medicine today. It's not the mean old Republicans that are stopping them. And as you know, the legislature looked at it and realized it would bankrupt them. By the way, Vermont, Bernie's home state, they could adopt it. (22:16–22:23)

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Asserts that California has the political power to implement socialized medicine but chooses not to.

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