Ted Cruz: “I know Eisenhower federalized the National Guard.”

“I would have, a year ago, probably, if I wanted to have a little substance in the tweet, I might have said, you get your team involved to. My team said, hey, research, give me the exact details. I know Eisenhower federalized the National Guard. Give me some. Exactly who, when, where, and why. Right. And someone would have researched it. They would have sent it to me, and then I would have included it, and instead I just did it in between games.” (22:54–22:57)

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