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Ted Cruz: “Kamala Harris said if [Pete Buttigieg] weren't gay, he'd be…”

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Published | Video Starts at 10:50

That. That's that he couldn't be on the ticket because he is gay. Ben, that is exactly what she said. Yep. It's in the book. She Kamala Harris said if [Pete Buttigieg] weren't gay, he'd be on the ticket. So she said, I didn't say that he couldn't be on the ticket because he's gay. I just decided he couldn't be on the ticket because he's gay. (10:50–10:54)

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Asserts that Kamala Harris excluded Pete Buttigieg from the ticket because he is gay.

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