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Ted Cruz: “President Trump did so [designate Nigeria as a country of…”

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In other instances, they actually use the law to, to, to facilitate the persecution. But after I filed the legislation and, and, and I began pressing the administration to designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern. President Trump did so [designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern] and he sent out a tweet. Here's what his tweet says. It says Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. (27:12–27:16)

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