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Ted Cruz: “No child who has endured sexual abuse should be forced to…”

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

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Trey once told his therapist, they will always control me and I'll never be free. Not long after, Trey died by suicide. He was only 28 years old. No child who has endured sexual abuse should be forced to carry that horror in silence. No child should be forced to walk alone in that pain. And no child should be forced to accept agreements that protect their abusers. (33:21–33:31)

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Asserts that children who have been sexually abused should not be forced into silence.

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