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Ted Cruz: “During the Biden administration, there was an effort at the…”

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

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Sen. Ted Cruz on the federal government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 04:20

In fact, a lot, a lot of folks said they agreed with what I said. I believe in free speech and I believe in free speech, whether it is conservatives or whether it is liberals. During the Biden administration, there was an effort at the FCC to go after Fox News threatening to take away their license. And I led the fight against it and we stopped it. In fact, President Biden nominated a radical nominee named Gigi Sohn to the fcc and the Senate rejected her … (04:20–04:29)

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Asserts that the FCC under Biden's administration attempted to revoke Fox News' license.

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