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Ted Cruz: “When Republicans in the House stood strong on the debt…”

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

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Media’s Role in Biden’s Decline "Only Good Four Hours a Day"

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I want you to listen in 2023 to me laying out his mental decline and MSNBC Morning Joe making fun of me for it. This is like one of their big intros. May 4, 2023, 2011. When Republicans in the House stood strong on the debt ceiling again because Democrats had had majority of the Congress for two years, had passed trillions in irresponsible spending. and Republicans stood strong and said, we will not raise the debt ceiling without serious fiscal reform. What happened then? Vice President Joe Biden came and negotiated a deal, a deal called the Budget Control Act. (31:16–31:26)

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Asserts that Democrats passed trillions in irresponsible spending when they had the majority in Congress.

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