Ted Cruz made his lengthy presidential announcement speech without a teleprompter

Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) 30-minute long talk in front of thousands at Liberty University earlier today was delivered without the assistance of text on a screen, his spokesman said. The Hill credits Cruz's impressive feat to his career as an accomplished lawyer (he was forced to speak off the cuff in front of the Supreme Court) and his past as a Princeton University Debate Team hall-of-famer.

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