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Ted Cruz: “They [Democrats] spent trillions of dollars we didn't have.”

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

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Senator Cruz says the White House allocated billions for Texas and others as part of its border security

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

The first term when President Trump was in office, we had very low and manageable inflation. And then we spent four years with the Democrats where they went on a wild spending binge. They [Democrats] spent trillions of dollars we didn't have. They borrowed trillions of dollars we didn't have. And they waged a war in particular on energy, on Texas oil and gas. (00:50–06:20)

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Claims Democrats spent trillions of dollars the U.S. did not have.

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