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Ted Cruz: “I've introduced legislation, the Stop Funders act to add…”

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

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Shutdown Finally Over, Protecting Nigerian Christians & ANTIFA Violence Targets Turning Point

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

And so I filed legislation in the Senate to direct the administration to designate Nigeria a country of particular concern and to impose, in particular, sanctions on the government officials, because there are many government officials who … I've introduced legislation, the Stop Funders act to add rioting as a predicate act to RICO. … Sharia laws or blasphemy laws are enforced. There's also federal Sharia and blasphemy laws that are enforced, and the government officials use those laws to discriminate against and to persecute Christians. (21:00–21:06)

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Claims to have introduced legislation to classify rioting as a RICO predicate act.

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