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Ted Cruz: “If you see oil prices plummet, so let's say they drop from…”

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

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Under Biden, when we had hundred dollar oil, you were seeing 4, 5, 6, $7 a gallon of gasoline. That really hurts consumers. Yeah. Crushing middle and lower class families even more than anybody else. I will say this, If you see oil prices plummet, so let's say they drop from the 60s down to say the 40s or below. It hurts a lot of people. That's when it starts doing real damage in particular to the independent producers, the small guys in West Texas and the Permian. (04:00–04:07)

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