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On the recordFebruary 21, 2016
Yesterday a staffer from our campaign sent out a tweets that tweeted a news story that purported to indicate Marco saying something negative about the bible. The news story was false. That staffer deleted the tweet, apologized and pulled it down, although I spent this morning investigating what happened. And this morning, I asked for Rick Tyler's resignation.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Ted Cruz explains the firing of his communications director for spreading false information about Marco Rubio.

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