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Ted Cruz: “School choice should be the civil rights issue of the next…”

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

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Ted Cruz Speaks at the American Principles Project Red, White, & Blue Gala

Published | Video Starts at 17:49

School choice is entirely about giving the poor, giving minorities, giving those trapped and failing schools the same ability to demand a better option that the rich and middle class have always had. I think School choice should be the civil rights issue of the next generation. You look at something like Social Security, personal accounts, I think that's another transformational issue. But Republicans almost always argue this issue wrong. We put on our green eye shade and we start talking like accountants. (17:49–17:53)

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Asserts that school choice is a critical civil rights issue.

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