Ted Cruz - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Ted Cruz Index / People Transcripts Penny Pritzker ...way of beginning to develop a bond. As Ted Cruz said to me, he said, “You know... ...They arise in every state. And even Ted Cruz said to me—I'll never forget. When h... Gayle Smith ... The other hold I had was from Senator [Ted] Cruz . I went to meet with him, and it was ... ...Now, ultimately, and in fairness, Senator Cruz lifted his hold, and I was voted on an... ...Senator Rubio. Came to agreement with Senator Cruz . And it was done. So, can you tell u... Austan Goolsbee ...team was from Princeton and it was now- Senator Ted Cruz . So I had many years of beating up o... ...So I had many years of beating up on Ted Cruz and people love hearing the storie... Kathryn Ruemmler ...comes to mind was Texas. When Senator Cruz was elected in 2010 and then in 2011... ...dutifully go up; I would sit down with Senator Cruz . “Can we please develop a process? Yo... Alan Bersin ...like Josh Hawley and Lindsey Graham or Ted Cruz absolutely challenge the basic tenet... Josh Earnest ...were instrumental with this. I remember Ted Cruz was sort of front and center. Senato... ...Ted Cruz was sort of front and center. Senator Ted Cruz was front and center in this. But on... David Simas ...heard about for years. That's the job. Ted Cruz tellingly and knowingly says, We nee... ...at that time, and specifically Senator Cruz was like a perfect, for us, antagonis... Paul Ryan ...I made my decision. It's like when Ted Cruz shut down the government, in 2013 ... ...all our people to help, of all people, Ted Cruz . [Laughs] I mean, you can't make thi... ...Romney in '12, Scott Walker did with Ted Cruz in '16, running around, and w... ...Ted's going to start racking up things. Ted Cruz could be our nominee.” But he goes t... Harry Reid ...it was that a senator was in play, Ted Cruz . Can you talk about what was going o... ...on in the Senate with that shutdown? Ted Cruz is a very articulate person, and he wa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Black Politics Black Politics