Ted Cruz: “Early on, President Trump had endorsed Bert Jones.”

“And in the governor's race, you had a guy named Rick Jackson, who's a very successful businessman, who was running against Bert Jones, who's the lieutenant governor. And Early on, President Trump had endorsed Bert Jones. And just a few days ago, I endorsed Rick Jackson. And that, that caused the press to, like, the tongues to wag and be like, oh, this is a big conflict.” (11:48–11:53)

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