Did Mike Lee just call Ted Cruz his ‘best friend’?

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is known for being unpopular with fellow senators. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., famously cracked that if Cruz was killed and the trial was held in the Senate, his colleagues wouldn’t vote to convict. But on Wednesday, one senator may very well have called Cruz “my best friend.”

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was being asked by NewsMax TV why he hadn’t endorsed presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump yet. Lee cut off host Steve Malzberg with a mini rant.

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