Ted Cruz: “He's worth several billion dollars.”

“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. He's very successful. And he said, I don't want to take this money with me, so I'm going to give it away and make a difference to the world around me.” (05:36–05:38)

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