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Ted Cruz: “In 2017, a gunman came to Washington, D.C. looking for…”

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

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Thankfully he was arrested by the police before he could carry out that heinous act. But and by the way, you go back to 2017 when In 2017, a gunman came to Washington, D.C. looking for elected Republicans to murder, nearly killing Steve Scalise. Steve Scalise. Had the bullet been an inch, one side or the other, Steve, a good friend, would have been killed that day. Instead, he was injured badly. Thankfully, he survived. (25:17–25:35)

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Asserts that in 2017, a gunman targeted elected Republicans in D.C., nearly killing Steve Scalise.

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