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Cruz to Trump, GOP: If we don't deliver 'there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets'

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Washington (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz warned President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican leaders they may face a popular revolt if they don't carry through on some of their biggest campaign promises, including repealing Obamacare. "If we're given the White House and both houses of Congress and we don't deliver, I think there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets," Cruz said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "And I think quite rightly. I think people are so fed up with Washington, this election was a mandate with change and the most catastrophic thing Republicans could do is go back to business as usual." Cruz was responding to a question about some Trump's flips on campaign promises, just weeks ...

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