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Ted Cruz: “The filibuster stopped that.”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Slams Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes on their dangerous rhetoric

Published | Video Starts at 22:10

As optimistic as I am in that scenario, I don't know how you turn that around. There's no way that's designed to lock in permanent Democrat power. And, and ultimately The filibuster stopped that. And so I think a lot of Republicans say, look, that's the only thing that stopped us from going over a cliff. So most Republicans think if the Democrats take over, they'll end the filibuster. (22:10–22:12)

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Asserts that the filibuster prevented Democrats from implementing certain policies.

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