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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 9, 2016

For those who have supported other candidates, we welcome you on our team standing united as one.

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Mar 9, 2016

If you want someone to take on Washington, you got to ask who has taken on Washington and I've done that over and over again.

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Mar 9, 2016

We should do whatever is need to destroy ISIS, but, as I mentioned, there are a lot of tools we haven't used yet.

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Mar 9, 2016

What people are looking for is someone that actually stands with the people against Washington and really fights for jobs and economic growth.

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Mar 9, 2016

I was glad to see that there wasn't the personal insults, the attacks that have been at the previous debates.

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Mar 9, 2016

I think we heard Donald say a number of times that nobody knows the system better than he does, and he's right. Donald Trump is the system. He is Washington. He is big business. My focus is very different. My focus is on the little guy.

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Mar 9, 2016

If there are only two of us that have a path to winning the nomination, Donald and myself, at this point I have roughly 360 delegates, he has about 100 more than I have.

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Mar 6, 2016

This isn't over yet. But he needs to solidify that momentum going into the next two Tuesdays or Trump is going to win this.

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Mar 6, 2016

If Ted Cruz really wants to start solidifying his lead, Mississippi is a real target of opportunity for him.

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Mar 6, 2016

In this race, it is clear. A vote for any other candidate, a vote for Marco Rubio or a vote for John Kasich is a vote for Donald Trump, because there's only one candidate who has repeatedly beaten Donald Trump. There's only one candidate…

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Mar 3, 2016

Donald Trump, in 2008, wrote four checks to elect Hillary Clinton as president. So I'd like to ask Donald why would you write checks to Hillary Clinton to be president in 2008?

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Mar 2, 2016

It was reported that earlier this year Donald had gone to New York to sit down with 'The New York Times,' and they have a secret tape recording of Donald saying, all this stuff I saying on immigration, I don't mean it.

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Mar 2, 2016

For 40 years, he's been part of the corruption Washington that you're angry about it.

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Mar 2, 2016

And that is why our campaign is the only campaign that over and over again has beaten Donald Trump to date and it's why we're the one campaign that going forward can and will beat Donald Trump in this election.

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Mar 2, 2016

Donald Trump, in 2008, wrote four checks to elect Hillary Clinton as president. So I'd like to ask Donald why would you write checks to Hillary Clinton to be president in 2008?

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Mar 2, 2016

The stakes are too high and if you are one of the 65 to 70 percent of Republicans who recognize that nominating Donald would be a disaster, then I ask you to come join us.

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Mar 1, 2016

The FCC revised the definition of 'public switched network' to mean 'the network that . . . use[s] the North American Numbering Plan, or public IP addresses, in connection with the provision of switched services.'

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Feb 25, 2016

You know, Marco made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's a fraud case, his lawyers have scheduled the trial for July.

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