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Ted Cruz: “210%. A total of 1,800 gangs and criminal enterprises…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 28:18

100%. Wow. All right, how about this? Gangs and criminal enterprises disrupted. What rate do you think that that increase has been? I'm gonna guess it's gotta be significant. 210%. A total of 1,800 gangs and criminal enterprises disrupted. All right, fentanyl. More than 2,000 kilos of fentanyl seized. That's up 31%. That's enough to kill 130 million Americans. There have also been more than 6,000 child victims located. (28:18–28:26)

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