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Ted Cruz: “The Rio Grande Valley, which has been bright blue for 100…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Texas School Choice, Tariffs, and Legislative Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 12:01

We ended up winning by nine points and a million votes statewide. And you know what I'm most proud of? We carried Hispanics by six points statewide. That's unprecedented. It's never happened. The Rio Grande Valley, which has been bright blue for 100 years, we flipped the Valley red. That's generational change. Texas. And now with that mandate, we've got to deliver on it. And so reconciliation, it's going to be messy, it's going to be a battle. (12:01–12:08)

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Asserts that the Rio Grande Valley, traditionally Democratic, was won by Republicans.

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