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Ted Cruz: “In about a year we have seen President Trump attempted, a…”

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

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And now, thankfully, that injunction was stayed by the court of appeals, so it's not in effect. But, but the federal district judge was saying, why I see no national security justification three times. Wow. In about a year we have seen President Trump attempted, a year and a half attempted to be assassinated. And yet the judge is saying, look, if it were in the White House ballroom, if you had the security of the White House, that would be a much safer place to minimize these kinds of threats. (03:53–04:03)

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Asserts that there have been attempts to assassinate President Trump in the past year and a half.

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