Ted Cruz: “The Court by a vote of 5 to 4 held that Trump could not fire…”

“Now interestingly enough, look, you would think the same principle should apply that if Trump can fire an FTC commissioner, he ought to be able to fire a Federal Reserve governor. Well you'd be wrong on that. The Court by a vote of 5 to 4 held that Trump could not fire Lisa Cook, that the Federal Reserve was different. and it was a different majority. Chief Justice Roberts wrote both opinions which did not surprise me. Trump versus Cook was joined Roberts joined by Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.” (07:45–07:53)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.