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Ted Cruz: “Boko Haram has killed over 50,000 Christians in Nigeria.”

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Joe Biden Autopen Pardons are Null & Void, plus Fighting Horrific Nigerian Persecution of Christians

Published September 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:17

The sheer scope of it in Nigeria is staggering. Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group in Nigeria. Since their 2009 insurgency, Boko Haram has killed over 50,000 Christians in Nigeria. Over 50,000. And that's according to a 2023 report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, which is a Nigerian human rights watchdog. (19:17–19:24)

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“On January 17, 2025, the administration issued 2,490 additional commutations, more in a single day than any president had ever granted over…”
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“Over 18,000 Christian churches and over 2,000 Christian schools have been attacked during the same time period [since 2009].”
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“34,000 moderate Muslims died from jihadist attacks [in Nigeria].”
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“Joe Biden was completely disengaged from the pardon and commutation process.”
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“A pardon or commutation only has legal force if the president makes the decision himself.”
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“On December 12, 2024, the Biden administration commuted the sentences of roughly 1500 inmates and pardoned 39 others.”
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“These clemencies were issued based on broad criteria rather than case by case evaluations.”
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“At least some of them were signed using an auto pen of then President Biden's signature.”
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“In the first year of the Biden presidency, he signed virtually everything. And as the years went on, he signed less and less and less.”
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“At the end, they were auto penning virtually everything.”
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“Leaked emails further show that the Biden White House implemented a process that separated the President from officials responsible for…”
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“Emails show officials across the administration struggled to verify that the President, quote, signed off on the specific documents.”
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“Mr. Biden did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people.”
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“I'm calling for the Department of Justice [to] look [at] these records.”
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“For any pardon, any commutation, that there is not clear evidence that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. personally signed off on, that DOJ…”
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“There is only one human being on planet earth that can pardon anyone from a federal crime, and that is the sitting President of the United…”
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“Between 2015 and 2025, an estimated 145 priests were kidnapped in Nigeria.”
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“Jihadists killed over 200 Nigerian Christian villagers in a farming community that is 97% Catholic [in June].”
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“I filed legislation that's called the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability act of 2025.”
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“It requires the Secretary of State to classify Nigeria as a country of particular concern.”
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“My legislation would ensure that the State Department keeps the Islamist terrorist groups Boko Haram and also ISIS West Africa designated as…”
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“My bill sanctions Nigerian government officials who facilitate persecution against Christians and other religious minorities.”
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“The State department would have 90 days to submit a report on the Nigerian officials responsible for pushing blasphemy laws.”
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“Monday's pod focused on how the Biden Department of Justice actively discriminated against Christians and systematically targeted…”
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“The Biden administration effectively turned a blind eye to the persecution of Christians abroad.”
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“During the Obama administration, there was a young woman in Sudan named Miriam Ibrahim... sentenced to receive 100 lashes and then to hang…”
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“The entire course of his presidency, I could not get Obama to say her name even once.”
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“Sanctioning individual government officials who are complicit, who are facilitating it, who are enforcing and prosecuting so-called…”
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“My hope is this legislation is shining a light, will protect the Christians who are in Nigeria and will stop the wide scale of murder of…”
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