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Ted Cruz: “It was the first time in the history of the United States…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:47

He did so for a very explicit reason, because he wanted to prevent the American people from reelecting him. It was an effort directly to subvert democracy. It was the first time in the history of the United States that a president or former president has been indicted. Jack Smith did it twice. And then he also teamed up with his rogue Democrat local prosecutors to do it two more times. (15:47–15:52)

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Asserts that Jack Smith's indictment of a president or former president was unprecedented in U.S. history.

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