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Ted Cruz: “Democrats are running to reporters to plant negative stories…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:35

But the difference is night and day, you can now have a conversation and he can hear you in a way that when he showed up in the Senate, he was not able to. And yet Democrats are running to reporters to plant negative stories attacking [John's] mental capability. him. Many of his colleagues want to drive him out of the party. And at least on the Republican side, I like John and I think consistently all the Republicans are just trying to be nice to him. (23:35)

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Claims Democrats are spreading negative stories about a colleague's mental health.

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