Ted Cruz tears into Bill O'Reilly for defending Donald Trump

Ted Cruz bashed Bill O'Reilly for supporting Trump.
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Bill O'Reilly and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) butted heads over Donald Trump Thursday night, as Cruz repeatedly tore into Trump for his history of donating to Democrats and O'Reilly consistently came to Trump's defense. In Cruz's opinion, Trump's donations to candidates like Hillary Clinton translate to his support for those candidates' positions.

"If you're fed up with the corruption of Washington, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are flip sides of the same coin," Cruz said, suggesting that Trump is still "responsible for the policies he's supported."

O'Reilly, on the other hand, sees Trump's donations as more of a business ploy. "You know how they play the game," O'Reilly said, explaining that Trump "doesn't subscribe to those positions," but that he "did it as a businessman."

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The back-and-forth continued for a bit, before Cruz finally exploded. "I know!" Cruz said after O'Reilly maintained that he was "not buying it." "You defend him a lot, Bill."

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