Ted Cruz: “Who am I comfortable having their finger on the button? Now that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of…”

You know who’s not pausing? China. They are not gonna stop.

Going forward, we’re in the midst of a debate about who our party is and what we believe, and I think economically we’ve got to debate, ‘Are we a small-government, free-market conservative party? Are we a big-government, nanny-state party?

I’ve actually joked that if – and this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek – but it’s not entirely, if they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots.

The hate that killed Charlie Kirk, that knocked down the Twin Towers, that led to two assassination attempts on President Trump... just keeps getting worse and worse.