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Ted Cruz: “Federal counterterrorism support sources confirm that…”

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

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MTG Resigns-Why & What it Means, plus Minnesota Taxpayers are the LARGEST Funders of Al-Shabaab T...

Published | Video Starts at 17:07

And the media, duty bound by progressive pities, refuse to connect the dots. In many cases, the fraud has allegedly been perpetrated by members of the Minnesota sizable Somali community. Federal counterterrorism support sources confirm that millions of dollars, millions in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al Shabaab. One confidential source put it, quote, the largest funder of Al Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer. Our investigation shows what happens when a tribal mindset meets a bleeding heart bureaucracy. (17:07–17:20)

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Asserts that stolen funds from Minnesota have been sent to Somalia and ended up with Al Shabaab.

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