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Ted Cruz: “Democrats are fighting to provide free taxpayer health care…”

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

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Sen. Ted Cruz on the federal government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

Look, it's this will end when the Democrats decide they're willing to reopen the government. I mean, we're six days into the Schumer shutdown and it's driven really by two things. Number one, the Democrats are fighting to provide free taxpayer health care to illegal aliens. That that is not what the American people want. And yet Democrats have shown they're willing to shut down the government to try to get it. (00:26–00:31)

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Asserts that Democrats are advocating for taxpayer-funded health care for undocumented immigrants.

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