Cruz should just stop at ““I wasn’t in the meeting with the president so I don’t know what he did or didn’t say.” and that’s that.
But he can’t help self-promoting himself.
By adding all that other nonsense that nobody cared (about Heidi and his brother-in-law, etc.), no wonder it is very hard for people to like him.
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Cruz stopped further questions. I’d say it was just what was needed for the occasion.
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