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  • Ted Cruz Didn't Disclose Loan From Goldman Sachs for His First Senate Campaign

    01/14/2016 1:14:01 AM PST · by Greetings_Puny_Humans · 122 replies
    NYTimes ^ | 1/13/2016 | Mike McIntire
    As Ted Cruz tells it, the story of how he financed his upstart campaign for the United States Senate four years ago is an endearing example of loyalty and shared sacrifice between a married couple."Sweetheart, I'd like us to liquidate our entire net worth, liquid net worth, and put it into the campaign," he says he told his wife, Heidi, who readily agreed. But the couple's decision to pump more than $1 million into Mr. Cruz's successful Tea Party-darling Senate bid in Texas was made easier by a large loan from Goldman Sachs, where Mrs. Cruz works. That loan was...