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Ted Cruz: “Eisenhower federalized the National Guard.”

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

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State of the Union Extravaganza

Published | Video Starts at 28:22

And I wrote a response and said something like, I didn't say you couldn't read, you clown. I said you were historically illiterate because you apparently have no idea about the civil rights movement and the fact that Eisenhower federalized the National Guard. And this is actually a cool. I think this is the first tweet I've ever sent that was partially written by AI. So I went to Google and I just typed in Eisenhower federalizing National Guard. (28:22–28:26)

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Asserts that President Eisenhower federalized the National Guard during the civil rights movement.

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