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Ted Cruz: “The percentage of Democrats that are proud to be Americans…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 13:41

Both parties were happy, were proud to be Americans. You know, one of the depressing things right now is you look at the stats of The percentage of Democrats that are proud to be Americans is incredibly low compared to the percentage of Republicans. And that's unfortunate. That didn't used to be the case. You know what? John F. Kennedy, I'm convinced, was proud to be an American. Fdr, I'm convinced, proud to be an American. (13:41–13:55)

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Asserts that fewer Democrats than Republicans are proud to be Americans.

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