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Ted Cruz: “In the executive branch, there are only two individuals that…”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz on Trump, Elon Musk, DOGE, and tariffs.

Published | Video Starts at 09:22

Under Barack Obama, the entire White House staff, nobody elected them. The entire cabinet, nobody elected them. In the executive branch, there are only two individuals that are elected by the people, the president and vice president. And what's bizarre about the Democrats argument is they had no problem with Democrat presidents appointing officials to carry out their agenda. Well, that's exactly what Elon Musk is doing. (09:22–09:28)

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Asserts that only the president and vice president are elected in the executive branch.

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