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Ted Cruz: “Al Shabaab, the radical Islamic terror group in Somalia. Do…”

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

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Ted Cruz: The scale of this is BREATHTAKING!

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

We're going to look at Minnesota, Maine. We're going to look at all the different states where it's happening. But you know, it is. I'll give you an amazing stat. Al Shabaab, the radical Islamic terror group in Somalia. Do you know who the single largest donor, single largest source of funds to them was? The Somalis in Minnesota, the Minnesota taxpayers. the single largest. You found that link? Yes. No, that has been publicly reported. So billions of dollars, Somalians in Minnesota have sent back to Somalia, hundreds of millions of … (02:24–02:36)

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Claims that Somalis in Minnesota are the largest source of funds for Al Shabaab.

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