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Ted Cruz: “I called President Trump at the time he was having dinner in…”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Central Texas Flood Recovery Efforts on Hannity

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

I was on the phone with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. I was on the phone with Nim Kidd, the head of Texas Emergency Management. And then I called President Trump. And I called President Trump at the time he was having dinner in the White House. And I said, Mr. President, it's still early. The facts are still not entirely clear, but this is bad. It looks really, really bad. (04:39–04:43)

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