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Ted Cruz: “What I called for in 2020 was to do the same thing, appoint…”

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

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Collins and Cruz get in heated exchange over election results

Published | Video Starts at 08:59

The election commission was charged with studying the evidence and making a determination of what voter fraud occurred. And that determined the winner. And What I called for in 2020 was to do the same thing, appoint an election commission. And eleven senators joined me. Senator, with all due respect, after it had been thrown out of many courts, after the attorney general, Bill Barr, because there was no basis for those court cases. (08:59–09:05)

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