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Ted Cruz: “Eisenhower sent the National Guard in.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:17

He's never heard of a president named Dwight D. Eisenhower. He's never heard of sending the National Guard into Southern states. When Democrats who refused to desegregate schools resisted. Eisenhower sent the National Guard in. The pattern is the same in this instance. You have Democrats who are saying, we refuse to comply with federal immigration law. (03:17–03:20)

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Asserts that President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the National Guard into Southern states.

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