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Ted Cruz: “They wanted to ban the internal combustion engine.”

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

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And what they did is they jacked up the mileage it had to get to what were unsustainable levels. And they were doing that because They wanted to ban the internal combustion engine. They wanted to make it impossible for you to buy a gasoline car. They wanted to force you to buy an electric vehicle. (25:47–25:50)

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Asserts that the intention behind CAFE standards was to ban internal combustion engines.

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