Ted Cruz: “Elon's transformed the [Rio Grande] valley.”

“One of the amazing things. I met this week with a lot of civic leaders, government leaders, community leaders, business leaders from South Texas. The Rio Grande Grand Valley. Elon's transformed the [Rio Grande] valley. You know, it used to be 20, 30 years ago. If you're a young person in the Rio Grande Valley, most young people felt they had to leave.” (09:57–09:58)

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