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Ted Cruz: “I carried Hispanics statewide by six points, and that's…”

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

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Gerard Baker in Conversation with Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 29:33

And if you look at Hispanic voters. So in Texas, I was up for reelect in 2024. I won by nine points. I won by a million votes. But. But perhaps most significantly, I carried Hispanics statewide by six points, and that's unprecedented. That has never happened. Trump carried Hispanics. You look at the Rio Grande Valley, which has been bright blue for 100 years. We flipped the valley red. (29:33–29:39)

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