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Ted Cruz: “Trump fired two FTC directors, commissioners rather, one of…”

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Published | Video Starts at 05:23

There could be someone that works for the executive and yet somehow Congress has taken over the ability of the President to control that person. Well, when President Trump fired two FTC directors, commissioners rather, one of which was Rebecca Slaughter. Rebecca Slaughter is a Democrat. She was one of the five FTC commissioners and he fired her. He said, you know what, I just want Republican commissioners. I'm not appointing Democrat commissioners. (05:23–05:35)

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Asserts that President Trump fired two FTC commissioners, including Rebecca Slaughter.

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