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President Trump floats putting Sen Ted Cruz on Supreme Court as bipartisan joke

Trump floated Cruz for the Supreme Court, joking that lawmakers would vote for him to leave the Senate.

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President Donald Trump joked that Sen. Ted Cruz could receive unanimous bipartisan support for a Supreme Court nomination because lawmakers would want him out of Congress. Trump also discussed the possibility of military strikes on Iran during the Texas visit.

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Ted Cruz
R · TX · SEN

U.S. senator whom Trump suggested for a possible Supreme Court nomination

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Donald Trump
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President who floated Cruz as a possible Supreme Court nominee

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Chris Wright
R · Secretary of Energy

U.S. energy secretary present at the Corpus Christi event

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