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Ted Cruz: “Democrats did [this] deliberately and they did it to buy…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 31:42

And I tell you, the stat that was really powerful was 10 years later, they've been here 10 years, it's 78% still on welfare. This is a scam. The Democrats did [this] deliberately and they did it to buy votes. They were importing votes to vote for Democrats. They allowed them to commit fraud, to steal $9 billion. And then to bundle those votes for the Democrats, to bundle cash for the Democrats. (31:42–31:47)

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Asserts that Democrats deliberately allowed Somali immigrants to commit fraud to buy votes.

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