Ted Cruz: “Susan Collins, the Republican Senator, is the only…”

“Graham Platner, their nominee for Senate in Maine. Now, let's start off. Look, Maine is one of the obvious pickup opportunities for the Democrats. Maine is a blue state. Susan Collins, the Republican Senator, is the only Republican elected in all of New England. And so in a state that votes by a large margin against Donald Trump, if you're the Democrats, that's an obvious place to say, all right, let's target a pickup.” (27:40–27:46)

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