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Ted Cruz: “Robbery down 46%. Carjacking down 83%. Car theft down 21%…”

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

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President Trump is Bringing Peace to the Ukraine War, plus DC Crime Plummets

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But everyone whose head is not fully inserted up their rear end gets that point. Here is a Tweet from the D.C. police union. D.C. crime since the announcement of federal control versus the seven days prior. Robbery down 46%. Carjacking down 83%. Car theft down 21%. Violent crime down 22%. Property crime down 6%. And all crimes down 8%. That is in one week, in seven days. And if you hear a wailing in the distance, that is the collective wail of pain and unhappiness of Democrats in the media. (27:06–27:38)

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