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Ted Cruz: “One of the first things President Trump did in his second…”

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

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Ted Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers "for no point whatsoever"

Published | Video Starts at 08:04

Do you have any hesitation about what's going on and the implications for regime change there? Well, listen, I'm very comfortable with the administration going after and taking out narco terrorists. One of the first things President Trump did in his second term was designate many of these drug cartels as terrorist organizations. And there are real legal consequences to when you get designated as a terrorist organization, and you're seeing them in the videos, that as a terrorist organization, our military can and does engage to take out terrorists who pose a threat to America. (08:04–08:12)

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