Ted Cruz Supreme Court Talk: Lobbyist Works Both Sides

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What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.

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   Hank LedgerHank Ledger. I didn't do any of this.

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   Hank LedgerPresident Trump said at a rally in Lubbock that he'd pick Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court. There is no vacancy on the court.

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   Hank LedgerMaurice Hatch is a lobbyist who says he represents the people for Cruz and the people against him. Maurice, how is that one job?

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   Maurice Delacroix HatchIt's one job with two doors.

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   Maurice Delacroix HatchSpeaking strictly for my client, the confirmation is a certainty. Also my other client, who says it never happens.

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   Hank LedgerCruz has said he doesn't want to be a judge. He told the Houston Chronicle that in September.

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   Maurice Delacroix HatchYes, and I've billed for that sentence. Speaking strictly for my client, the one who loves it, it's the most flexible no in Washington.

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   Hank LedgerHe reportedly said it would be not just no, but hell no. Who hired you for that?

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   Maurice Delacroix HatchA very concerned group of Texans. And, speaking strictly for my client, a very hopeful group of Texans. They share a fax number.

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    Hank LedgerTrump says he'd pick Cruz and wouldn't have to worry about it. Cruz, in the front row, laughed.

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    Maurice Delacroix HatchA laugh is a position paper. I have two clients who read it opposite ways, and they both paid for the reading.

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    Hank LedgerTrump already floated him in July, at an event about Trump Accounts. Cruz turned down all three vacancies in the first term, he says.

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    Hank LedgerSo who is the lobbying for?

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    Maurice Delacroix HatchSpeaking strictly for my client, the court. The court hasn't hired me. It will.

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    Hank LedgerRating this one a hell no with a retainer.

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    Hank LedgerMr. Hatch, you're on retainer for the vacancy, the nominee and the no. Who's paying you to be on this show?