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Ted Cruz: In the game of chicken, Chuck Schumer won this game of chicken. As two trucks drove towards each other on a country…

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
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 chickens. I wish Republicans hadn`t blinked. We shouldn`t have done that.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ted Cruz critiques the Republicans for conceding in the debt ceiling negotiations.

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