Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Did Democrats think Donald Trump was the Republican candidate they could beat most easily and accidentally help him win?
In this discussion, Ted Cruz points to WikiLeaks-released Clinton campaign emails and argues that Democrats saw Trump as the “worst candidate” for Republicans because they believed he would be easier to defeat. The strategy, according to the speaker, was to elevate Trump, only for that strategy to backfire when Trump ultimately won the 2016 election.
Did Democrats think Donald Trump was the Republican candidate they could beat most easily and accidentally help him win?
In this discussion, Ted Cruz points to WikiLeaks-released Clinton campaign emails and argues that Democrats saw Trump as the “worst candidate” for Republicans because they believed he would be easier to defeat. The strategy, according to the speaker, was to elevate Trump, only for that strategy to backfire when Trump ultimately won the 2016 election.
