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Ted Cruz: “In the early 2000s, George W. Bush made an offer to…”

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

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On the Road in Mexico Urging the Mexican Government to get Serious about Defeating Cartels plus D...

Published | Video Starts at 14:07

And so my pitch was follow the example of El Salvador. And then there was a second example I used Ben, which was Colombia. Yeah, Colombia. In the early 2000s, George W. Bush made an offer to President Uribe of Colombia. He said, Colombia, like El Salvador a few years ago, like Mexico now, had narco terrorists controlling the country, had the murdering police officers and murdering soldiers and journalists and judges and elected officials terrorizing the citizenry. (14:07–14:14)

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Asserts that President George W. Bush offered assistance to Colombia in the early 2000s.

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