Ted Cruz: “Sam Darnold...will pay 249,000 in taxes to California for…”

“If you look at Sam Darnold going into the game, here's what his incentives were. If he wins. Yeah. He's going to receive $178,000 as a bonus. Yep. And he will Sam Darnold...will pay 249,000 in taxes to California for his time here. Meaning he will lose $71,000. Yeah, that's what ended up happening. If he. If he had lost, then he would have gotten $103,000 in bonus, but he would still owe 235,000 in taxes, meaning he would have lost $135,000.” (09:20–09:38)

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