Ted Cruz: “Two hours later, Beto O' Rourke reported his numbers. What…”

“It was the most. And the old record had been like, 8 or 9 million. So I had beaten the old record by a decent margin. My record was 12 million. Two hours later, Beto O' Rourke reported his numbers. What do you think he raised that quarter? No, it was 38 million. it like, almost double what you had? No, it was 38 million. It was more than 3x. I had 12. He had 38 in one quarter.” (16:56–17:09)

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