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Ted Cruz: “The document hanging on that Wall just turned 250 years old…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:46

So I thought it would be good to do this here. Right. We seldom do that. Mr. President, I want to congratulate you on your historic leadership. The document hanging on that Wall just turned 250 years old, as did the nation that it created. And the bell that you just rang on the Resolute desk, I believe, heralds in that the next 250 years will be even greater than the first 250. (03:46–03:53)

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Asserts that the document and the nation it created are both 250 years old.

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