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{"id":1003848752258482200,"conversation_id":"1003848737205243904","created_at":1528171167000,"date":"2018-06-05","time":"03:59:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":23022687,"username":"tedcruz","name":"Ted Cruz","place":"","tweet":"Some dishonest journalists have attacked me for \"taking 18 seconds\" to answer -- without acknowledging that I was walking through the Capitol, late to a meeting, and simply ignoring a question that a reporter had called out at me (as senators do every single day in the Capitol).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1058,"retweets_count":372,"likes_count":1357,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1003848752258482177","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"23022687","username":"tedcruz"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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