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Ted Cruz: “I think that was a very deliberate strategy.”

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

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DeSantis OUT - Is Nikki Haley Next? | Verdict Ep. 196

Published | Video Starts at 36:52

And they thought that was what all of them were saying was, give us Trump, he's the easiest to beat, and Hillary Clinton will become the president of the United States of America and will break that glass ceiling of that beautiful building. I think that was a very deliberate strategy. And I will say for all those bastards, that kind of backfired, and they got four years of Donald Trump as president, and they may be about to get four more years of Donald Trump as president. (36:52–36:56)

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Asserts that the media's preference for Trump as the nominee was a deliberate strategy.

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