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Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz gained national prominence during his 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is known for his conservative positions on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and tax reform. Cruz has been a vocal advocate for limited government and has often positioned himself as a defender of constitutional rights.

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Mar 28, 2016

I will not send our troops into combat the way Barack Obama is doing with rules of engagement so strict that they cannot fight, they cannot win, and they cannot defeat the enemy.

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Mar 28, 2016

I'll tell ya', as President, every single day I will wake up fighting radical Islamic terrorism and working to defeat it.

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Mar 28, 2016

I think our wives, I think our kids should be off limits. They don't belong in the attacks.

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Mar 28, 2016

I understand that the Commissioner who works for Bill de Blasio has a political imperative. de Blasio is a left-wing radical.

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Mar 28, 2016

Our preferred option is win 1,237 delegates before the convention. We are working hard to do that.

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Mar 28, 2016

The culture of the campaign has been a campaign built on attacks, on insults, and I think there is no place in politics for insults, for personal attacks, for going to the gutter, and there should be no place for physical violence either.

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Mar 28, 2016

I said, listen, I can't promise we're going to win, I think we will, but I can promise you two things. One, we're going to work every day with a joyful spirit, we're going to work every day and put everything we have into this campaign…

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Mar 27, 2016

The ad they put out was deplorable. And as soon as I saw it I denounced it.

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Mar 27, 2016

These are complete made up lies. They are garbage. But you know, it's indicative of just how low Donald Trump will go.

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Mar 27, 2016

Well, as you rightly noted, I'm not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my family. Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee we are going to beat him for this nomination.

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Mar 27, 2016

I'm always amused when Donald doesn't know what to do, instead threatens lawsuits.

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