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Ted Cruz: “The decision in FEC versus Ted Cruz for Senate...underlay…”

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

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Understanding the Historic Supreme Court Victories & Losses this Week

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… no name ID and a candidate can't raise money and a candidate can't invest their own money, you know what it means? You can't beat an incumbent politician. And so The decision in FEC versus Ted Cruz for Senate...underlay NRSC versus FEC. Senate, we won that 6, 3. That was a major precedent that in turn underlay NRSC versus FEC. And what that means now is that the parties will be able to spend and use. (31:21–31:37)

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Asserts that the FEC vs. Ted Cruz decision influenced the NRSC vs. FEC case.

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