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Ted Cruz: “She graduated from Rice in 1956 with a degree in math.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:52

Likewise my mom, who's Irish and Italian, born to a working class family in Delaware, who became the first person in her family ever to go to college. She graduated from Rice in 1956 with a degree in math. And she became a pioneering computer programmer at the dawn of the computer age. My dad is 85. My mom turns 90 this month. Both are here tonight. (15:52–15:58)

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