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Ted Cruz: “Dell cannot give $250 to every child under 10 in every zip…”

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You can't put two or three criteria on it. And so let's take Michael Dell's gift. They came and said, look, I'm sorry, Dell cannot give $250 to every child under 10 in every zip code where the median income is under $150,000. They said, you can't do it. He's got to pick one or the other. He can give it to all the kids under 10, he could give it to all the kids in Texas if he wants. (16:19–16:31)

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