Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas told "The Faulkner Focus" Tuesday that he foresees Virginia acting as a "canary in the coal mine" like in 2009, saying a Republican victory will foretell a GOP "revolution" in the 2022 midterms. 

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TED CRUZ: I think Virginia is a very important canary in a coal mine. If you look back to 2009, the last time you had a new Democratic President Barack Obama, who adopted extreme policies, adopted Obamacare and Dodd-Frank, the reaction, Virginia was the first canary in the coal mine that foretold what happened in 2010, which was the Republican revolution where we retook Congress. That was incredibly important and I see the same dynamic going on. 

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