Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Ted Cruz

Interview

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SEN. TED CRUZ, R-TEXAS: God bless Texas!

HANNITY: Hey, brother. How are you?

CRUZ: Welcome to Texas.

HANNITY: Every liberal outside of Texas group is after you.

CRUZ: Yes. No, that's exactly right. I mean--

HANNITY: Tens of millions of dollars they are throwing at you.

CRUZ: This is the most expensive Senate race in the country. If Democrats nationally could defeat one Republican on the ballot in 2018 it would be me.

HANNITY: Yes.

CRUZ: And so, they are flooding tens of millions of dollars into the state of Texas. My opponent Beto O'Rourke last quarter raised $38 million.

HANNITY: It seems his agenda is the Democratic agenda that they are trying to keep quiet.

CRUZ: That's exactly right. In this campaign in many ways Beto is running a campaign very much like Obama did in 2008 where it was all hope and change and the substance they wanted to keep hidden. Because, look, the substance of what he's embracing the people of Texas don't agree with.

I mean, he's campaigning on higher taxes, higher regulation, social medicine, socialized medicine, open borders, going after our Second Amendment and putting left-wing radicals on the court.

HANNITY: Yes.

CRUZ: That's not Texas. Look, we have accomplished an enormous amount in two years, far more than anyone reasonably thought we could.

HANNITY: Biggest tax cut in history.

CRUZ: And the economic growth.

HANNITY: Right.

CRUZ: That we're seeing the lowest unemployment in 49 years. The lowest African-American unemployment that's ever been recorded. The lowest Hispanic unemployment ever recorded. The biggest military rebuilt since Ronald Reagan.

I mean, the victories we are seeing are incredible. And in this election is about two roads. If we have a good election, I believe we are going to, if we hold he House and grow our majority in the Senate I think we can accomplish even more in the next two years than we did in the last two years.

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HANNITY: We watched you now twice run out of a restaurant. Then you look at the comments Hillary Clinton, we can't be civil, kick them, Eric Holder.

CRUZ: Right.

HANNITY: Maxine Waters.

CRUZ: There is an ugliness. That's really scary and I'm concerned it's going to descend into violence, that the rhetoric they are using is right on the edge of violence and that's the next step.

The problem is the left right now, they are so filled with rage that facts don't matter, they just want to burn it all down. And that's not good for our country.

HANNITY: Well, senator, it's great to be at your town hall, thank you so much for having us.

CRUZ: Sean, thanks for coming.

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