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Ted Cruz: “In the United Kingdom now that they've decided that if you…”

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

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Assault On Free Speech | Verdict Ep. 205

Published | Video Starts at 03:53

We may charge you with crimes and put you in jail. And people are actually going to jail in the UK for this. That's exactly right. It is frightening In the United Kingdom now that they've decided that if you post something they don't like, they will arrest you and they'll put you in jail. I want you to listen to this british judge as he's sentencing this poor brittain to 20 months in jail. 20 months. That's almost two years for a Facebook post. (03:53–04:03)

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Asserts that the UK arrests and jails people for disliked social media posts.

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