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Ted Cruz: “President Trump put out [an order] targeting bad guys, but…”

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

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Trump Federalizes DC Police & Dems' Heads Explode plus Admin Directs the Military to Take Out Ter...

Published | Video Starts at 01:42

I don't think that's going to happen. DC Is qualitatively different constitutionally and legally. We're going to explain to you why. We're also going to talk about another order President Trump put out [an order] targeting bad guys, but in this case, drug cartels, where he has directed the military to use military force to go after drug cartels as terrorists. Terrorists who are endangering American lives. Again, this is something that Democrats are deeply upset about. It seems there's nothing that could upset a Democrat more than law enforcement actually going after murderers or rapists or gang members. (01:42–01:54)

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