"The Ted Cruz family story centers mostly, or has to this point centered mostly, around his father, Cuba, their coming to Texas,” Kruse says. The videos also show members of Cruz’s family that have yet to make it to the spotlight – his nephew, his wife and daughters, his mother. The videos include long sessions with Cruz and his father, who are seasoned at public speaking. “It's an interesting glimpse and the fact that it is so uncut in that form in those 15 hours is what in my opinion give it its value." “What is interesting about these 15 hours is that they are raw, they are uncut, the camera just keeps rolling,” Kruse says. The posted videos consist of footage for ads or potential material that could be used in future ads, Kruse says. In these videos there were some clues certainly added to our understanding."
“In this highly mediated, highly managed age it becomes harder and harder to know who these candidates are. So I think people are looking for clues as to who is he? Who is he really?” Kruse says. "He is, at this point, ascendant in the GOP primaries. But Kruse says the videos went mostly unnoticed until a few weeks ago, when media outlets found them and started watching them a bit more closely. The videos were posted to Cruz’s senate campaign
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