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Ted Cruz: “Galveston used to be the largest city in Texas.”

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

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Published June 3, 2026 | Video Starts at 25:17

So this is a bit of history that I shared at the press conference that you may not know and that everyone in Galveston knew, but maybe other people don't. So Galveston used to be the largest city in Texas. Wow. Galveston was called the Queen of the Gulf Coast. Galveston was also called the Wall street of the Southwest. And Galveston was called the Ellis island of the South. (25:17–25:21)

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Asserts that Galveston was once the largest city in Texas.

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