![]() “It goes through communities that are largely red and communities that are blue. Connects some of our military installations, and critical parts of this state that could use the development,” Warnock said. Guess what? The same road that runs through Texas” - he paused a beat before the reveal - “runs through Georgia. Senator Cruz wanted to build out this road in Texas - called I-14. ![]() “My folks were asking, ‘Why would you work with him?’ Very simple. ![]() Want to read more stories like this? POLITICO Weekend delivers gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of high-minded fun every Friday. I said, ‘I would like to associate myself with the remarks of the senator from Texas, Ted Cruz.’ They couldn’t believe it - I think 30 or 40 of my colleagues probably didn’t know what was in the amendment, but they said, ‘If he’s for it, and he’s for it, we better pass this thing.’ It passed unanimously.” And to this the still rapt crowd responded with raucous applause. “Senator Cruz stood up to make his argument about why he thought we should do this, and then came my turn,” Warnock said, “and then I heard myself say words that I did not imagine hearing myself ever say. “ But,” said Warnock, getting to the moral of this message slipped into a stump speech, “we were passing the infrastructure bill” - the $1.2-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill - “and it turns out there was something he wanted to do, and I also wanted to do …” “I will confess,” he continued, “most days I’m sitting there, and he’s talking about what he does, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘Now, I know why I get up in the morning …’” ![]()
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