Ted Cruz: “Every student athlete is an employee. They're unionized…”

“Every university is being sued nonstop, every conference being sued nonstop, every league is being sued nonstop. And number two, Every student athlete is an employee. They're unionized. They're union members. They're paying union dues. Those union dues are going to fund Democrat candidates. Both of those are terrible outcomes for college sports.” (29:12–29:18)

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