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Ted Cruz: “In August of 2018, I gave a presentation to the Senate…”

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

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And I told them the story. So back in 2018, we had a Republican House, a Republican Senate and we had a Republican President, Donald Trump. And In August of 2018, I gave a presentation to the Senate Republicans... I called it Carpe diem, seize the day. the day. And I went through in the last hundred years what had happened every time the Democrats had had the House, the Senate and the White House and they pass fundamental transformations of this country. (17:46–17:57)

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Asserts that Ted Cruz presented a plan to Senate Republicans in 2018 to seize legislative opportunities.

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