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Ted Cruz: “There were four no votes. We could only afford to lose…”

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

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Ted Cruz Discusses Trump's Second Term Achievements and Legislative Victories

Published | Video Starts at 19:56

We got them. How hard is That I just got to ask, like when you're, and you're one or two votes, I'm assuming at that point, right. We were one vote. There were four no votes. We could only afford to lose three. And so we had to work and talk to the folks and, and strategize and go back and forth and we got it done. (19:56–20:00)

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Asserts that there were four opposing votes, but only three could be lost to pass the measure.

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