Ted Cruz: “There were multiple polls that had come out that showed the…”

“And I will say for Democrats, their heads would explode if they went to the general election. And it were a hundred percent certainty that the Next governor of California was going to be a Republican. But There were multiple polls that had come out that showed the two Republicans as one and two [in the California governor race]. And part of the reason is that that you had multiple Democrats splitting the vote and you had Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter, both a former House member and current House member, slugging it out.” (05:51–05:56)

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