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Ted Cruz: “It's a huge problem from food supply, especially in Africa…”

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

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Chinese Illegal Fishing Decimates the Oceans, DSA Lunatics Grow Stronger & the DNC is Broke

Published | Video Starts at 04:51

When they catch those fish, they're going back to the international market. They're not taking them back to shore like the local fishermen do. But also, it's putting countless fishermen out of work. Yeah, look, It's a huge problem from food supply, especially in Africa, where you have many countries that are struggling have significant problems with food insecurity and hunger. It also means the jobs of the local African fishermen are imperiled because you have the Chinese stealing their fish. They overfish it, so they destroy the fishing population. (04:51–05:00)

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Asserts that Chinese fishing operations exacerbate food insecurity in Africa.

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