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Ted Cruz: “Charlie had a gift for making it cool to be a conservative…”

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

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We're grieving Charlie and celebrating his legacy: Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 04:30

I mean, rock concerts. And you had, you know, pyrotechnics, and young people were having a blast. It was high school kids and college kids. And one of the things Charlie had a gift for making it cool to be a conservative, making it cool to believe in individual liberty, making it cool to speak out for the Constitution, making it cool to believe in America. And he really had an incredible gift doing that. And that gift is important, and I think that gift will keep on producing real results. Yeah. And you are a great debater. (04:30–04:45)

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Asserts that Charlie Kirk made conservatism and related values appealing to young people.

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