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Ted Cruz: “Murder rate in Houston, Texas drops 18%.”

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Published February 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 10:41

It is, it's remarkable. Well, it's about two, three weeks ago Houston Chronicle, front page, top of the fold, banner headline. Murder rate in Houston, Texas drops 18%. Yeah. You and I both live in Houston. That's good news. Our families are in Houston. Heidi handed me this story on a newspaper, on an airplane, and she did it because she knew it would piss me off. (10:41–10:45)

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Asserts that the murder rate in Houston, Texas, has decreased by 18%.

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