This is from the confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General; that's her in the center. I think Cruz is saying to himself, "Can I be president and serve on the Supreme Court at the same time? I don't think the Constitution says otherwise. Yeah, that'd be real nice..."
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