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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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Apr 6, 2016

You are looking at the entire spectrum of the Republican Party, the entire ideological spectrum coming together and uniting.

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Apr 6, 2016

Not remotely because everyone in New York and outside of New York knows exactly what I meant by that. And it is the liberal values of democratic politicians who have been hammering the people of New York for decades.

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Mar 31, 2016

Nominating Donald Trump could be a train wreck. And that's not fair to the train wrecks.

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Mar 29, 2016

Trump hasn't seriously thought through these issues and will say anything to get attention.

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Mar 29, 2016

Listen, if you want to stop radical Islamic terrorism, the answer isn't to go hang out in random neighborhoods. It in instead to focus on communities where radicalization is a risk.

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Mar 29, 2016

Donald is not going to be the GOP nominee. We're going to beat him.

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Mar 29, 2016

Once again Donald Trump has demonstrated that he has not seriously thought through these issues.

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Mar 28, 2016

We need to direct our resources at going after the Nidal Hassans, going after the radical Islamic terrorists, and we can do that at the same time as not infringing the privacy of law-abiding Americans.

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Mar 28, 2016

It's one of the reasons I promised on the very first day in office that I'm going to direct the Department of Education that Common Core ends that day.

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Mar 28, 2016

My view on welfare is that the social safety net, it should be a trampoline and not a hammock.

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Mar 28, 2016

I think school choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st Century.

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Mar 28, 2016

I give you my word, if I am president, there will be accountability in the V.A.

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Mar 28, 2016

I think nominating Donald Trump would be an absolute train wreck. I think it would hand the general election to Hillary Clinton.

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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 28, 2016

I think that has no place in politics, and my view -- I have no ability to control what another candidate does.

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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

Our focus should be on utterly and completely destroying ISIS, because ISIS is our enemy and ISIS has declared war on America.

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Mar 28, 2016

Egypt was handed over to the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization.

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Mar 28, 2016

The decision to use military force should be keyed to the vital national security interest of this country.

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Mar 28, 2016

I'm asking you to vote for me because I've spent a lifetime fighting to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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