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Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama.

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Ted Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
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I had a back-and-forth where I asked Donald Trump, is it true or false that he said the government should pay for everyone's health care? He said it's false. Listen, within minutes, we put out a video just contrasting what he said there with video of him just a few months earlier saying exactly the opposite.
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This country is always changing. But my point about the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court didn't wait for the country to change. Five unelected lawyers overruled 320 million Americans.
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We're seeing is young people who are optimistic, who want a future, want our constitutional rights, are coming to our campaign.
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The problem we have is not Democrats versus Republicans. It is a Washington cartel. I've said many times the biggest divide we have politically is not between Republicans and Democrats. It's between career politicians in both parties and the American people.
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While there may have been an age difference, Josh Duggar's transgressions are far less an affront to God than what gays do with each other.
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If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.
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