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Ted Cruz calls midterm election results ‘Watergate-level defeat'

Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

INDIAN TRAIL, USA – OCTOBER 29: Michael Whatley holds a Get Out the Vote rally alongside Senator Ted Cruz discussing Roy Cooperâs record making stuff cost more, making streets less safe, and making the American Dream less achievable for North Carolina families in Indian Trail NC, United States on Oc…

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Ted Cruz calls midterm election results ‘Watergate-level defeat' (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    INDIAN TRAIL, USA – OCTOBER 29: Michael Whatley holds a Get Out the Vote rally alongside Senator Ted Cruz discussing Roy Cooperâs record making stuff cost more, making streets less safe, and making the American Dream less achievable for North Carolina families in Indian Trail NC, United States on Oc…

  2. NBC News

    ‘A Watergate-level repudiation’: Ted Cruz weighs in on midterm wave (opens NBC News)

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    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged his party to prioritize pocketbook issues after Democrats swept elections across the state.

  3. New York Post

    Ted Cruz calls midterm election results a ‘Watergate-level repudiation’ of the GOP, warns ‘Americans will be hurt’ by radical Dems (opens New York Post)

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    “2026 was not simply a blue wave; it was a blue tsunami. It was an ass kicking. It was not simply a bad 2006 midterm election. It was a Watergate-level repudiation,” Cruz wrote in a lengthy X post.

  4. Revolver News

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