Episode 131: Senator Ted Cruz on One Vote Away
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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With the nomination of United States Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Senator Ted Cruz talks with Newt about the importance of her nomination and his new book, One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Newt. |
| 0:01.0 | Do the virus. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm recording from home. |
| 0:03.5 | So you may notice a difference in audio quality. |
| 0:09.1 | On this episode of Newt's World, I am delighted to have a close personal friend and somebody |
| 0:15.0 | who I really admire a great deal. |
| 0:17.5 | A brilliant lawyer, somebody who has shown an enormous courage in fighting for the conservative |
| 0:23.9 | cause. |
| 0:25.0 | Ted Cruz was a law clerk, per chief justice William Renquist in 1996. |
| 0:31.8 | He went on from there, became a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, but in the process |
| 0:38.2 | near 2000, he helped litigate the Supreme Court case of Bush versus Gore after the Florida |
| 0:46.1 | election recount dispute. |
| 0:47.9 | He has discussed the importance of the Supreme Court in a brand new book just coming out |
| 0:53.2 | and very timely. |
| 0:55.0 | One vote away. |
| 0:56.1 | I can't imagine a more timely conversation, both in terms of the upcoming election and |
| 1:10.1 | in terms of the president having nominated someone to be on the Supreme Court. |
| 1:15.9 | So Senator Cruz, first I want to say thank you. |
| 1:18.8 | I know how busy your schedule is. |
| 1:21.0 | And I am delighted that you take some time to talk about your new book and about the whole |
| 1:25.2 | issue of the Supreme Court and where we are today. |
| 1:29.0 | Well note, thanks for having me on. |
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