Ted Cruz: “He's one of the biggest employers in the state of Georgia.”

“Ended up making so much money that within two years he bought the company that had hired him. Wow. And he ends up building this company into a massive multi billion dollar health care company in Georgia. He's one of the biggest employers in the state of Georgia. Incredibly successful businessman. Self built from nothing. Yeah. He now has been an incredibly generous philanthropist. He's decided, look, I don't want to take. He's worth several billion dollars.” (05:21–05:25)

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