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Ted Cruz: “The reason inflation has taken off is because the Democrats…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Bipartisanship, Immigration, and Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 21:22

Look, it's a great question. And in terms of inflation, there are three things we can do. Number one, we've got to stop spending money we don't have. The reason inflation has taken off is because the Democrats spent trillions of dollars we didn't have. borrowed trillions of dollars we didn't have, printed trillions of dollars we didn't have. That's driven up costs for Texans who are hurting everywhere. Number two, a big part of inflation is energy. (21:22–21:29)

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Asserts that Democratic spending is the cause of inflation.

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