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Ted Cruz: If you choose to run for public office, there are 300 million Americans who have a right to criticize you all day long…

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
If you choose to run for public office, there are 300 million Americans who have a right to criticize you all day long and twice on Sundays.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz emphasizes the right of citizens to criticize politicians as part of democracy.

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