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Ted Cruz: “It was a serious mistake that President Trump didn't fire…”

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

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Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Allegations Against Obama in Russia Election Meddling

Published | Video Starts at 11:47

And it depends what he knew and when he knew it. Comey is someone who I think had delusions of grandeur. He wanted to be J. Edgar Hoover. It was a serious mistake that President Trump didn't fire [James Comey] on January 20, 2017. That was one of the most consequential mistakes of the first Trump administration, by the way, one he didn't repeat in this administration. (11:47–11:53)

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Asserts that it was a mistake for President Trump not to fire James Comey on January 20, 2017.

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