Ted Cruz: “Howard Lutnick, the secretary of Commerce was, was the one…”

“And there were differences of opinions within the administration on that. So the secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, was vocally arguing against that, saying, that's a idea. Howard Lutnick, the secretary of Commerce was, was the one who was advocating [the bailout]. this idea. I publicly came out against it, and I came out loudly. I, I sent a tweet a little over a week ago that said the following, quote, this is an absolutely terrible idea.” (02:02–02:07)

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