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Ted Cruz: “The only reason that they turned on him is because his poll…”

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

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Platner Implosion Reveals Utter Hypocrisy of National Democrats

Published | Video Starts at 26:42

He should have been off the ballot. Someone like this should not be in the United States Senate. Uh, but, but they're doing this. The only reason that they turned on him is because his poll numbers dropped and they believed, oh, this guy's gonna lose. Let's dump him overboard and find someone else. And by the way, the someone else, if they find another Nazi communist oyster farmer, racist, misogynist sexual predator, if his poll numbers are decent, they'll stick with him. (26:42–26:51)

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Asserts that Democrats turned on Graham Platner because his poll numbers dropped.

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