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Cruz ‘Friends’ With Trump, Graham

By JM Rieger
Posted July 23, 2015 at 5:14pm

By JM Rieger and Nicole Puglise

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Ted Cruz just wants to be friends. The Texas firebrand known for throwing Republican leadership under the bus on a regular basis dismissed the feud between Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump in a scrum with reporters Wednesday, which have included Graham’s charge of Trump being a “jackass” and Trump’s retaliation of giving out the phone number for Graham’s old-fashioned flip-phone. “Who cares?” Cruz said. “Let’s focus on the issues that matter for the American people.” Read more.

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