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Ted Cruz: “We've gotten a national debt of $16 trillion larger than the…”

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

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Ted Cruz on Fox News Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 03:10

You've got career politicians in both parties that have been going along to get along a long, long time. And that's how We've gotten a national debt of $16 trillion larger than the gross domestic product. all across the country. The rest of Americans are looking at Washington and saying, what's wrong with you people? The principles that I think voters are looking for are not that complicated. (03:10–03:17)

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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $16 trillion, which is larger than the GDP.

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