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Carly Fiorina says Ted Cruz, basketball moron, bet on Villanova

Ted Cruz is many things — a presidential candidate, an unsettling dork, a weak-chinned globule and, it seems, a canny wagerer. (He is definitely not the Zodiac Killer, probably.)

Cruz bet on Villanova to beat North Carolina in the NCAA championship game, new running mate Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday.

Ted Cruz made a split-second betting decision near the end of the UNC Villanova game.

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It was supposed to be a metaphor for his decisiveness or somesuch. This is really something for at least three reasons.