Ted Cruz

the downsides of the job.

And I liked what I was doing then.

So I was like, but to be honest, the reason I made the half-hearted play is just for love of the game.

I mean, frankly, the job of attorney general, I would really enjoy that job.

It didn't make any sense.

It wasn't consistent with what I wanted to do, but it just would be fun.

In hindsight, so I will tell you nine months into it,

There was a story in The New York Times.

This would have been, I think, August of 2017.

Oh, I remember well where you're going with this.

Keep going.

And the story said Trump is thinking about firing Jeff Sessions and he's talking to Cruz about replacing him.

And look, Sessions has been a friend of mine forever.

So I called Jeff.

And by the way, Jeff knew that I talked to him about it.

He was in Trump Tower the day I was there talking to him about it.

We were very open and transparent with each other.

And I called Jeff the day that story came out.

And I said, hey, Jeff, I just wanted you to hear from me.

This is BS.