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“I have been around conservatives my entire life. I have never met a single human being, in any place, who wanted to ban contraceptives.”

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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is an American politician born on December 22, 1970. He is a U.S. Senator from Texas and a member of the Republican Party. Cruz graduated from Harvard Law School and taught at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his political career in the Texas State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2009. more

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