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Ted Cruz: “I filed legislation in the Senate to direct the…”

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Shutdown Finally Over, Protecting Nigerian Christians & ANTIFA Violence Targets Turning Point

Published | Video Starts at 20:43

Yeah, they absolutely are. Over 20,000 Christian churches and schools have been burned to the ground or otherwise destroyed. I mean, this has been mass murder, and it is horrific. And so I filed legislation in the Senate to direct the administration to designate Nigeria a country of particular concern. and to impose, in particular, sanctions on the government officials, because there are many government officials who are acquiescing in this mass murder against Christians. (20:43–20:51)

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