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Ted Cruz: “JFK supported [Nixon] in Nixon's Senate race when he was…”

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IT'S A BIG DAMN DEAL! | Verdict Ep. 206

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… audio only of this one, go watch this on YouTube, because that's a really cool piece of history to see. Yeah, the video is amazing. And it's Nixon describing how JFK supported [Nixon] in Nixon's Senate race when he was running for the Senate in California in 1950. against Helen Hagen Douglas, who was a very, very left wing Democrat. And JFK showed up, number one with $1,000 cash. And so JFK is this young congressman. (33:16–33:25)

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