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Ted Cruz: “The Democrats more than doubled their turnout in Texas [in…”

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

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And those two together are a dangerous combination. What did that mean in 2018? Let me, let me give you just what we faced in that year. The Democrats more than doubled their turnout in Texas [in 2018]. They drove Democrat turnout from 1.8 million all the way up to 4 million more than 2x. Now, my campaign, as you know, and you know my campaign team well, we're obsessively numbers and data driven. (13:54–14:01)

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Asserts that Democratic voter turnout in Texas more than doubled in 2018.

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