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On the recordSeptember 19, 2025
He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.’ And I got to say, that’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘nice bar you have here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.’
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Cruz compares Carr's rhetoric to mafia tactics.

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