Ted Cruz: “His arrest came one day prior to the vicious attack on two…”

“This is happening. And by the way, it continues to be. Alakaze is an Afghan national who was pardoned into the United States by the Biden administration. His arrest came one day prior to the vicious attack on two West Virginia National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C. by another Afghan national. This pattern, when you let people in, you don't vet them. This violence and this terrorism is predictable. And you had a combination of a.” (04:26–04:35)

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