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Ted Cruz: “Roughly half of [the arrested protesters at University of…”

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

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Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks at the 45th Annual Night to Honor Israel

Published | Video Starts at 09:54

For one day, the protesters came to the University of Texas and the police showed up, arrested them, put them in jail, and it was over. And I'll tell you what we found when they arrested those protesters at University of Texas, Roughly half of [the arrested protesters at University of Texas] had no connection to UT. There were outside agitators that came to foment dissent and to threaten violence. Columbia University, the Orthodox rabbi on campus, sent out an email to roughly 270Jewish students at Columbia … (09:54–09:59)

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Asserts that about half of the protesters arrested at the University of Texas were not affiliated with the university.

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