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Ted Cruz: “DOJ argued... the market is ultra budget airline travel.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 19:22

And looking at it that way, JetBlue and Spirit are really small players in that. Well, what DOJ argued is, no, no, no, the argument is not airline travel. The market is not airline travel. DOJ argued... the market is ultra budget airline travel. So it basically defined the market as JetBlue in spirit. And then it said, well, gosh, then if these two combine, there'd be no competition in the market. (19:22–19:34)

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Asserts DOJ defined the market as ultra-budget airline travel to block the merger.

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