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Ted Cruz: “President Trump negotiating the deal to release the hostages…”

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

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Sen. Ted Cruz Says the US Shutdown 'Needs to End Now'

Published | Video Starts at 06:42

And I'm telling my colleagues, look, if the election in 2026 depends on results, I think we have a lot to campaign on, whether it is securing the border and seeing illegal border crossings drop 99%, whether it is ending wars and President Trump negotiating the deal to release the hostages that Hamas had taken. or whether it is the economy and the record amount of money being invested, new factories and new jobs in the United States. I think substantively, Republicans have a lot to campaign on. (06:42–06:48)

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Asserts that President Trump negotiated a deal to release hostages taken by Hamas.

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