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Ted Cruz: “I literally would not be in the US Senate were it not for…”

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

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Zelenskyy Crashes & Burns Verdict Ep.213

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

I will say the Club for Growth is an extraordinarily important conservative and free market organization. They support conservative and free market candidates running for the Senate, running for the House. I literally would not be in the US Senate were it not for the Club for Growth making a big gamble on me. They know how to pick winners. Look, and by the way, when the club got behind me 13 years ago when I first ran, I was literally at 2% in the polls. (00:56–01:04)

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Asserts that Ted Cruz's election to the US Senate was significantly aided by the Club for Growth.

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