FOR
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. RATED -- RAZOR THIN MARGINS.
NOT AT ALL WHAT THE POLL
S+@UGGESTED.
S+@UGGESTED. +@
S+@UGGESTED. HERE'S THE SENATOR COM+@ING OUT
NOW.
>>
>> GOD
>> GOD BLESS TEXAS. TONIGHT, IT IS A VICTORY FOR
THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
TONIGHT, IS A VICTORY FOR ALL
THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM
AND ACROSS THE STATE THAT
POURED YOUR HEART'S AND PASSION
AS+@ WELL AS YOUR TIME AND ENER
TO RISING TO DEFEND TEXAS.
TO EVERYONE OF YOU, HEIDI AND
I, AND THE GIRLS WE SAY THANK
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. TEXAS SAW SOMETHING THIS YEAR.
SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. THIS ELECTION, WAS NOT ABOUT ME.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT B+@ETO
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE. IT WAS ABOUT A BATTLE OF IDEAS
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IT
HERE. IT WAS A CONTEST FOR WHO WE ARE
AND WHAT WE BELIEVE.
IT WAS A CONTEST AND THE P+@EOP
OF TEXAS DECIDED THIS RACE.
WE TRAVELED EVERY PART OF THE
STATE FROM EAST TEXAS TO WEST
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. FROM THE PANHANDLE TO THE
VALLEY.
VALLEY.
VALLEY. AND THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT +@
THAT WE SAW WAS INCREDIBLE.
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN
THE VALLEY, AND HARLINGEN, 2000
PEOPLE CAME OUT.
IN MISS+@ION, 2000 PEOPLE CAME
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. IN
OUT. IN EL PASO, 2000 PEOPLE CAME
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. AND
OUT. AND WHAT WAS T+@RULY AMAZING, A
OUT. AND WHAT WAS T+@RULY AMAZING, A@
+@
AND WHAT WAS T+@RULY AMAZING, A@ MANY OF THESE EVENTS, IS WE
ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE
HERE, OUR FORMER DEMOCRATS? +@
AND WE WOULD SEE HANDS
THROUGHOUT THE ROOM AS WE ARE
SEEING HANDS NOW.
BECAUSE, TEXAS CAME TOGETHER.
BEHIND A COMMONSENSE +@AGENDA.
OF LOW TAXES AND REGULATIONS AS
WELL OF -- AS WELL AS LOTS AND
LOTS OF JOBS.
SECURING THE BORDER AND KEEPING
THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
AND THAT IS A COM+@MONSENSE
AGENDA THAT UNITES TEXANS FROM
EVERY PART OF THE STATE. +@
IT WAS+@ YOUR HARD WORK AS THIS
WAS A VICTORY FOR THE SINGLE
MOM WHO'S BEEN WAITING TABLES
AND CAESAR +@WAGES GOING UP
BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING.
THIS IS A VICTORY FOR THE
OILFIELD WORKER WHO SEES NOW,
THAT THE UNITED STATES IS THE
WORLD TOP PRODUCER OF OIL.
THIS IS A VICTORY FOR ALL THE
KIDS WHO ARE SEEING THEIR
PARENTS IN T+@HE LAST TWO YEARS
4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE COME OFF
OF FOOD STAMPS.
STOP AND REFLECT THE LIVES
TRANSFORMED +@HERE.
TRANSFORMED +@HERE. PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DEPENDENT
ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR BASIC
FOOD NEEDS NOW HAVE JOBS AND
GET TO COME HOME CARRYING A BAG
OF GROCERIES.
OF GROCERIES. GET TO COME HOME AND LOOK AT
THEIR KIDS AND SAY I AM
PROVIDING FOR MY FAMILY.
AND THEIR KIDS GET TO LOOK UP
AT MOM AND DAD AND SEE THE
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE. THIS WAS AN E+@LECTION ABOUT HO
AND ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS
RENDERED A VERDICT THAT WE WANT
A FUTURE WITH MORE JOBS AND
MORE +@SECURITY.
MORE +@SECURITY. AND MORE FREEDOM.
+@
AND MORE FREEDOM. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT ALSO,
TO THANK MY WIFE HEIDI.
SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND IN THE
WORLD AND WHO IN THE COURSE OF
THIS CAMPAIGN, +@SHOULDERED
RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK, AT
HOME JUGGLING 1000 DIFFERENT
BALLS BACKWARDS ON A UNICYCLE.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR GIRLS.
@ CAROLINE AND CATHERINE.
IT IS HARD, HAVING DAD ON THE
ROAD+@ ALL THE TIME AND MOM ON
THE ROAD ALL THE TIME.
IT IS HARD AND THEY PAY A PRICE.
AND GIRLS, YOUR MOTHER AND I
LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS.
AND I COULD+@ NOT POSSIBLY BE
MORE PROUD OF THE TWO OF YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER
+@
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER HERE.
BOTH OF WHOM POURED THEIR
HEARTS INTO THIS.
AND I WANT TO ALSO TAKE A
MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE BETO
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE. HE POURED HIS HEART INTO THIS
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. HE WORKED TIRELESSLY.
IT IS IMPORTANT HERE.
HE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND HE IS
A DAD.
A DAD.
A DAD. HE
A DAD. HE TOOK TIME AWAY FROM HIS
CHILDREN AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY,
THAT MILLIONS ACROSS+@ THE STAT
WERE INSPIRED BY HIS CAMPAIGN.
THEY DID NOT PREVAIL.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THE PEOPLE OF
TEXAS CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH.
BUT LET ME SAY TO ALL OF THOSE
WHO WORKED ON +@HIS CAMPAIGN AN
ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE INSPIRED,
THAT I AM YOUR SENATOR AS WELL.
MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
REPRESENT EVERY TEXAN.
AND I GIVE YOU MY WORD, THAT I
WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOUR
JOBS, FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND YOUR
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO DEFEND
YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE IN THE
GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
WE SAW AN ASSAULT THAT WAS
UNPRECEDENTED.
UNPRECEDENTED. WE SAW $100 +@MILLION RACE HERE
+@WITH HOLLYWOOD COMING IN AGAIT
THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL
MEDIA COMING OUT AGAINST THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. BUT ALL TH+@E MONEY IN THE WORL
WAS NO MATCH FOR THE +@GOOD
PEOPLE+@ OF TEXAS AND THE HARD-
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS
OUR STATE.
OUR STATE. AND, I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD
EACH +@AND EVERY DAY TO STAND U
AND FIGHT FOR YOU TO DEFEND
YOUR.
YOUR.
YOUR. WE
YOUR. WE ARE STANDI+@NG UNITED AS WE'
BEEN DELIVERING RESULTS HERE.
WE NOW NEED TO GO BACK TO WORK
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> YOU ARE LISTENING TO TED
CRUZ+@ AFTER SECURING +@HIS SEA
THIS EVENING.
THIS EVENING. IT IS INTERESTING, THAT WE
HEARD THEM ALSO CONGRATULATE
BETO O'ROURKE.
BETO O'ROURKE. BECAUSE HIS SUPPORT WAS STRONG
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. AND I WONDER IF HE THOUGHT HE
HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS
UNIFYING IN HIS SPEECH T+@ONIGH
>> GOVERNOR ABBOTT GAVE A
UNIFYING SPEECH AS WELL TRY TO
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
LIKE HIM.
LIKE HIM.
LIKE HIM. AND THE TWO DEBATES, THAT WE
HAD HERE, TED CRUZ STRUGGLED TO
GIVE A COMPLEMENT TO BETO
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE.
O'ROURKE. TONIGHT WAS THE KINDEST WORDS
+@ THAT HE HAD FOR HIM AND HIS
SUPPORTERS AS WELL.
TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS INSPIRED
+@BY HIM.
+@BY HIM.
+@BY HIM. HE WILL TIRE+@LESSLY TALK ABOUT
HIM+@ BEING A FATHER WHICH IS
KIND WORDS AND UNIFYING
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
NEED TO HEAR AFTER THIS
BRUISING RACE THAT WE WATCH FOR
SIX MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS. >> HE HAS TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
BECAUSE HE WAS OUTSPENT.
AND O'ROURKE RAISED MORE MONEY
THAN HE DID BUT TONIGHT, TED
CRUZ IS THE WINNER.
>> HE IS.
>> HE IS.
>> HE IS. AND WE TALKED HER THERE'S
NEITHER THE FIRST HOUR OR SO
AFTER POLLS CLOSED, THAT BETTER
O'ROURKE