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Ted Cruz: “About half the people there are not students, but instead…”

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BIDEN’S DONORS ARE FUNDING PRO-HAMAS CAMPUS PROTESTS | Verdict Ep. 200

Published | Video Starts at 15:37

James Carlson, 40 years old arrested at Columbia on burglary charge. Previously involved in protests that blocked local bridges and tunnels. So understand, this is organized. This is planned. And About half the people there are not students, but instead are agitators. Our protesters, our radicals, our Marxists, our anarchists. I don't know what they are, but it ain't good. And they're not students in the school. And we're getting paid. (15:37–15:45)

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Asserts that about half of the people at the protests are not students but agitators.

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