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Ted Cruz: “The New York Times is an utter piece of garbage that does…”

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Published | Video Starts at 40:58

And it is an incredibly important indictment of sadly, what is probably the most important journalistic entity in the world. And it is profoundly corrupt and broken. And I think The New York Times is an utter piece of garbage that does enormous harm to the world. I did also say on the campaign trail frequently, if the New York Times is ever praising me, I've gone cataclysmically wrong and I should resign that day. (40:58–41:04)

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