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Ted Cruz: “The moment of the entire speech that I think will go down as…”

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

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Ted Cruz: The work we are doing is 'generationally transformative'

Published | Video Starts at 06:14

Your families are safer. You have greater prosperity. The world is safer on one hand, versus angry and extreme partisanship. And The moment of the entire speech that I think will go down as the most significant moment is when he turned to the Democrats and said, here's your chance. Stand if you agree with this, that our first responsibility should be to fight for American citizens and not illegal aliens. And every single Democrat stayed seated. That picture will appear in a million campaign ads because every Democrat said, who are you fighting for? The American people or illegal aliens? (06:14–06:41)

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Asserts that during Trump's speech, Democrats did not stand when asked to prioritize American citizens over illegal aliens.

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