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Ted Cruz: “Eisenhower sent the National Guard into Southern states when…”

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

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He said, we've never seen National Guards federalized in the States. I guess his history book does not discuss the civil rights movement. He's never heard of a president named Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the National Guard into Southern states when Democrats 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. (13:44–13:52)

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Asserts that President Eisenhower federalized the National Guard to enforce desegregation.

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