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Ted Cruz: “In 2013, it was Chuck Schumer who shut the government down.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 29:48

And that fundamentally there's a hypocrisy to it. And I also said, you know, the reporters were like, isn't it the same? And I said, listen, let me be clear. In 2013, it was Chuck Schumer who shut the government down. Then I was trying to fund the entirety of the federal government except for Obamacare. And Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid decided, no, we'll shut it all down because we care so much about socialized medicine. (29:48–29:54)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer was responsible for the government shutdown in 2013.

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