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Ted Cruz: “We flipped the valley [Rio Grande Valley] red.”

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 04:58

We carried Hispanic statewide by six points. That's unprecedented. That's never happened before. And you look at the Rio Grande Valley. The Rio Grande Valley has been bright blue for over 100 years. We flipped the valley [Rio Grande Valley] red. That is generational change in Texas. And a huge part of the reason why is because of the invasion at our southern border because of 12 million illegal immigrants. (04:58–05:01)

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Claims Republicans won the traditionally Democratic Rio Grande Valley.

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