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Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more

Published August 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:36

I have been urging for, for a number of weeks now that Republicans should take the Texas Senate race very, very seriously. I believe we're going to win. I think Ken Paxton is going to be the next senator from Texas. I think he should be. Because James Talarico, his views are quite radical. They're quite extreme. This is a guy who says God is non binary. (05:36–05:39)

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Predicts Ken Paxton will win the Texas Senate race.

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“Most new data centers that are being built use what's called closed loop cooling rather than open loop.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 00:39-00:46
“Athletes competing 6, 7 years, athletes that are 27, 28 years old competing against 17 year olds.”
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“More and more data centers produce their own power generation.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 01:01-01:10
“You should generate more new power than you use.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 01:09-01:13
“In September we're going to have a markup on AI.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 02:02-02:05
“AI that might be used to develop nuclear weapons or biological weapons are the kinds of things that you want real guardrails.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 02:11-02:21
“The single most important economic question facing America right now is who wins the race for AI.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 03:25-03:34
“Whichever nation wins the race for AI, it will result in trillions of dollars of new investment and millions of new jobs.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 03:39-03:49
“I don't want the values of the Chinese Communist Party dictating what AI produces.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 04:00-04:06
“James Talarico says God is non-binary.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 05:44-05:48
“James Talarico says there are six different genders.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 05:48-05:51
“James Talarico says even though he's an ordained minister that he hates Christianity.”
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“James Talarico says that on the southern border we should have a welcome mat welcoming illegal aliens to this country.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 05:56-06:04
“There is a crisis in college sports right now.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 07:08-07:15
“Student athletes are entering the transfer portal 2, 3, 4 times jumping from school to school.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 07:18-07:26
“Every week you see another program cancel women's sports, cancel track and field, cancel Olympic sports.”
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“If we don't act within five years there will be 30 to 50 competitive college football programs.”
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“Our legislation, which is bipartisan legislation, protects college sports.”
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“Every athlete gets one transfer. After that, there are very limited exceptions.”
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“We set eligibility rules that every athlete gets five years of eligibility and a hard cap of age 24.”
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“We let schools actually join together and collectively bargain their TV rights.”
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“If we don't act, half or more of those scholarships and roster positions are going away.”
Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to Abbott's data center freeze, tight polling in Texas Senate race and more | Uploaded August 4, 2026 | 09:56-10:02
“This legislation has three Republican, three Democrats.”
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