Ted Cruz: “Cassidy in turn had previously voted to convict President…”

“So he is not, there's a runoff in Louisiana and Bill did not make the top two. He was third in the race. And Cassidy in turn had previously voted to convict President Trump during the Trump impeachment. And so the president understandably is not happy about the vote to convict him in impeachment and was not happy with Bill's vote to limit his, his ability to, to defend this nation and launch military attacks against Iran.” (01:49–01:56)

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