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Ted Cruz: “If the election were held today, there would be a very good…”

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And so that was the conventional wisdom at the time, and that's where the prediction market was. I don't disagree with the proposition that politically where we are right now is a challenging position for Republicans, that that If the election were held today, there would be a very good chance we would lose the House and we could lose the Senate as well. Now, obviously, I hope that doesn't happen. And we do have seven months until Election Day. So we've got time and I think we've got a remarkable record of success, much of which has not been communicated to the voters. (22:24–22:32)

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Asserts that Republicans are at risk of losing both the House and Senate if elections were held immediately.

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