Mitch McConnell's Plan Backfired & Harmed the GOP | Ted Cruz
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 18 February 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) about the Biden administration's disastrous handling of the border crisis; how the president could have solved the issue by reversing his decisions to halt construction of the border wall, reinstate catch-and-release, and end the remain in Mexico policy; his frustration with Senate Republican leadership, particularly Mitch McConnell, for not insisting on real border security in negotiations; his concerns about child exploitation on social media platforms, particularly Instagram; his friendly relationship with Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.); his favorite moments from "The Simpsons"; and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Senator. I mostly wanted to come to DC to play basketball with you, and apparently |
| 0:11.0 | you play on Tuesdays. Today today is Tuesday and yet here we are |
| 0:14.6 | and I guess we're gonna talk about politics yeah it's a tragic missed opportunity |
| 0:18.9 | next time we're gonna hoop and I and as you know we play old guys against young guys |
| 0:22.3 | yeah yeah and so you would we play old guys against young guys. Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:23.1 | And so you would be firmly on the old guys. |
| 0:25.4 | I'm on the old guys. |
| 0:26.4 | And has the mind. |
| 0:27.4 | What's the cutoff on the ages on that? |
| 0:30.0 | So it's a whole bunch of Capitol Hill staffers and a few members. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.0 | Take a guess what you think the age cut off typically is. |
| 0:37.4 | The age for the young guys are probably going into like maybe like 28 would be on the high side and then you guys are probably all 35 plus. |
| 0:46.4 | It's typically about 26. |
| 0:48.0 | All right. |
| 0:49.0 | I mean you know you've got a bunch of Hill staffers that are a couple of years out of college a lot of them are college |
| 0:53.6 | athletes and so it's yeah I'm 53 so I anchor the old as to you solidly are you the |
| 0:59.7 | oldest playing you're the oldest playing yeah but you a pick. You know how to set a pick. |
| 1:04.0 | Well, and the thing is, consistently the old guys went. |
| 1:07.0 | And there's actually a fundamentals. |
| 1:09.0 | So the young guys are completely puzzled. |
| 1:12.0 | You know, Trent, who's here is one of the young guys he always plays. |
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