I remember some one saying and I don’t recall if it was Dershowitz, “that some people have telegraphic memories but Cruz has an ‘audio-graphic memory.’” He has done this many times previously on the Senate Floor where he would call out a Democrat and repeat that person’s own exact words back to them to make his point.
i think i remember him saying that too- it’;s quite a skill or ability to have- photographic memory is great too- i have one but it’s undeveloped