Ted Cruz

And the reason these officers are wearing masks, I don't like that they wear masks.

I wish they didn't have to.

If we didn't live in a world where they were facing a threat of violence against their children, they wouldn't feel the need to wear masks to protect their families.

And I got to say, this guy, who I think was a very sincere, very liberal Democrat, engaged with not a word I was saying.

He's like, well, they just need to stop now.

And when I asked, like, how would you feel?

What about your family?

He had no response.

Number six, education decline.

If education systems fail to produce informed, skilled citizens, long-term competitiveness and civic understanding suffer.

Yes.

And understand that the Democrats have had a near total monopoly on public education in the big inner cities for decades.

They've had almost total control, and the results have been screamingly, horribly bad.

Now, the good news is we're pushing back.

Texas passed the largest state school choice program in the country.

As you know, I spent a lot of time and energy fighting for Texas to do that.

And last year with the reconciliation bill, we passed the biggest federal school choice bill in history.

I wrote that provision.

It's going to unleash tens of billions of dollars of scholarships to kids in need.

But, you know, look, according to AI, if you want to destroy a country, do what has been done to our schools.