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Ted Cruz: “Trump would have still won South Carolina, but it would have…”

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Published January 22, 2024 | Video Starts at 09:10

Can I ask an inside baseball question there? Rubio, if he would have dropped out before South Carolina, what did y'all's polling show then? Trump would have still won South Carolina, but it would have been much closer [if Rubio had dropped out before South Carolina]. and Rubio later on. Rubio stayed in the race for a long time and cut support away from me. (09:10–09:15)

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Asserts that Trump would have won South Carolina by a smaller margin if Rubio had dropped out earlier.

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“Last week I endorsed Donald Trump immediately following the Iowa caucus.”
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“The results of the Iowa caucus were clear. They were decisive.”
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“DeSantis did not have a path going forward. He did not have a path to victory.”
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“Nikki Haley is clearly owning the establishment moderate lane.”
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“Independents in New Hampshire can vote in either primary.”
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“The Boston Globe had a big editorial urging independents [to] vote for Nikki Haley [to] beat Donald Trump.”
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“DeSantis was about 6% in New Hampshire.”
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“DeSantis was going to get crushed in New Hampshire, then he was going to go to South Carolina and get crushed in South Carolina.”
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“DeSantis was running as a pretty Trumpy candidate.”
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“All of the public polling showed Trump was going to win Iowa, and all the public polling was wrong.”
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“My polling on the campaign showed we were going to win Iowa.”
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“Our internal polls were almost exactly where our numbers were.”
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“Rubio stayed in the race for a long time and cut support away from me.”
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“I ended up winning twelve states. Trump won. At the time, it was something like 23 states, and no other candidate won more than a single…”
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“Kasich won Ohio, Rubio won Minnesota, and Trump and I won every other state.”
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“Our poll numbers showed that my support jumped double digits [if Rubio joined me].”
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“Rubio stuck around a long time. Kasich stuck around a long time. They couldn't win anywhere, but they could suck votes away from me, and…”
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“Almost everyone drops out for the same reason they go broke.”
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“One of the reasons DeSantis, I'm not surprised that he dropped out is he was going broke and nobody would write him a check.”
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“I won Iowa. Trump won New Hampshire and South Carolina.”
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“Trump won seven states. I won three. So I won Oklahoma, Maine, and Texas.”
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“Winning those three states is what made it at that point a two man race, as I established myself as the principal alternative to Trump at…”
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“Trump got $3 billion in free media that cycle.”
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“In 2016, my campaign raised $92 million. It was the most money any Republican had ever raised in the history of presidential primaries.”
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“Donald Trump got $500 million in free media. This is during the primary. The last 30 days, $500 million.”
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“Over 90% of it was positive.”
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“I don't think there has ever been a candidate and a campaign that was as data driven as we were.”
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“The media cut it off. They didn't air it. They just went away.”
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“CNN had one press conference where they literally had the camera live on an empty podium waiting for Trump to speak.”
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“I knew that we were going to lose the next day [in Indiana]. I knew we were going to lose by double digits.”
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“I wasn't broke. We had several million dollars still in the bank.”
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“Trump was astonished. Did not expect me to do that.”
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“Pence's numbers were terrible in Indiana. He actually was underwater. His unfavorables were higher than his favorables.”
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“I still think the team we assembled is the best campaign team, certainly, that I've ever seen.”
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“When we started, nobody thought I had a prayer. Nobody thought we could win a single state.”
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“We came within inches of winning the whole thing.”
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“The reality here, I think this outcome was ordained the night of the Iowa caucuses, when Trump won a dominating victory.”
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“Haley, as I mentioned, she will likely be competitive in New Hampshire, but I see no path for her beyond that.”
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“There are some big donors in the Republican Party that are never Trumpers, that who do not like Trump and are writing millions of dollars to…”
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“I don't think the money can do it at this point.”
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“As you get on to South Carolina, I think Trump's lead is way too large for Haley to have a chance.”
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“In 2016, a bunch of the candidates suspended early, long before Iowa.”
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“I think most of the media wanted Trump to be the nominee because they wanted Hillary to win.”
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“I think that was a very deliberate strategy.”
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“They got four years of Donald Trump as president, and they may be about to get four more years of Donald Trump as president.”
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“I have a day job of representing 30 million Texans.”
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“I rolled up my sleeves and said, I am going to lead the fight in the Senate. For us to deliver on our promises, we have work to do.”
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