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Ted Cruz: “The federal government would give Spirit Airlines $500…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 22:55

Yeah. So this last week, there was considerable discussion about the Trump administration potentially bailing out Spirit Airlines. And the bailout that was being discussed was The federal government would give Spirit Airlines $500 million, and in exchange... own 90% of the airline. And there were differences of opinions within the administration on that. So the secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, was vocally arguing against that, saying, that's a bad idea. (22:55–23:04)

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Asserts that the proposed bailout involved the government giving $500 million to Spirit Airlines for 90% ownership.

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