Ted Cruz actually said...

"Yes. Yes."

"I believe Democratic Leader Schumer was on the verge of surrendering. And then, unfortunately, yesterday, Republicans blinked."

"One or the other was going to turn or you were going to have a lot of dead chickens."

"In the game of chicken, Chuck Schumer won this game of chicken as two trucks drove towards each other on a country road one or the other was going to turn or you were going to have a lot of dead chick..."