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Trump floats Ted Cruz for Supreme Court, jokes he'd get '100%' bipartisan vote to 'get him out of there'

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
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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
R · President of the United States

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

ALSO MENTIONED  Greg Abbott, Texas governor present at the Corpus Christi event

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