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Ted Cruz: “I call him a communist because he's called for, among other…”

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Comrade Mamdani & Gavin Newsom—Commie Jihadist & the Dem Party Embracing the Nutty Extreme

Published | Video Starts at 13:45

So we try not to engage in just partisan rhetoric and hyperbole. Like when I call him a communist jihadist, I call him a communist because he's called for, among other things, seizing the means of production. which is the very essence of the economic core of communism. Yeah, I call him a jihadist. Okay, let me read you from his tweet. (13:45–13:51)

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Asserts that [Comrade Mondami] has advocated for seizing the means of production, a core tenet of communism.

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