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Ted Cruz: “Five people were running the country, this insider said…”

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

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Podcast Discussion with Ted Cruz on Biden's Cognitive Decline and Media Accountability

Published | Video Starts at 18:13

At least one unnamed source close to the Biden administration was willing to provide the authors with an answer. Five people were running the country, this insider said, seemingly referring to the president's closest advisors. And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board, at best. So he's number six and there's five ahead of him that were running the country. (18:13–18:21)

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Asserts that an insider claimed five people, not Biden, were running the country.

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