Ted Cruz: “If they look at Congress and they feel like we don't treat each other civilly or we are too gridlocked, it doesn't just…”

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

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.

$1.3 trillion is a massive amount, but it is still less than if the Democrats were to win and spend like 'drunken sailors.

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?