Ted Cruz

They don't have the House.

They don't have the White House.

So Republicans were in a stronger position in 2013 than Democrats are today, just in terms of the bodies they control.

And what I argued, and in fact, if you look at 2013, I made the case to House Republicans, fund all of the government.

but do not fund Obamacare.

And House Republicans agreed with me.

They did exactly that.

So I encouraged House conservatives to stand up.

Millions of Americans picked up the phone and called their members of Congress.

And House Republicans in 2013 stood strong, funded all of government, but not Obamacare.

And when it went to the Senate, the case I made to my colleagues, I said, here's a crazy idea.

How about Senate Republicans support House Republicans?

And Mitch McConnell and Senate leadership

not only did not do so, it was Republican leadership that went on TV pounding me and repeating Harry Reid's talking points.

And I just want to say, look, the difference between today and then is Chuck Schumer and the Democrats stood together.

You didn't have Chuck Schumer taking a flamethrower.

To Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

You had him just standing united, and it showed what I argued in 2013 could have happened.

And by the way, their argument was, how will Barack Obama possibly make any concessions on his signature legislative achievement, Obamacare?

What was the singular issue Donald Trump was reelected on in 2024?