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Ted Cruz: “If, let's say Governor Waltz or Attorney General Ellison…”

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

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BREAKING NEWS: Ted Cruz Has Fiery Clash With Witness Over Minnesota Fraud

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

I'm aware of. That you've advocated or that anyone else has advocated in the Senate. So do you think it's perfectly okay? I did not. If, let's say. If, let's say Governor Waltz or Attorney General Ellison knew about the fraud, benefited from the fraud in terms of bundling votes, benefited from the frauds in terms of collecting campaign finance violations and deliberately looked the other way. You think that. You think that's not criminal conduct? In that hypothetical, it is not. Okay. 100% not okay. But also, if you'll permit me, that hypothetical is, in fact, happening throughout. Okay, yes, I get it. You. (06:28–06:45)

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Hypothetically suggests that if Governor Waltz or Attorney General Ellison knew and benefited from the fraud, it could be criminal conduct.

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