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Ted Cruz: “The Democrats have voted against funding the Secret Service…”

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

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THIRD Assassination Attempt on President Trump…while Democrats' Rhetoric Fuels the Fire

Published | Video Starts at 21:28

Well, some of them are getting paid because the president is reallocating money from other parts of the budget. So some of them have gotten paychecks. But, but the Democrats are saying they don't want them paid. The Democrats have voted against funding the Secret Service fund, funding the Department of Homeland Security. They voted against it 16 times. And by the way, there were Democrats at that event. That event, fact, there were more Democrats in that room than there were Republicans because it's mostly reporters and they're almost all either Democrats or further left. (21:28–21:39)

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Asserts that Democrats have voted 16 times against funding the Secret Service and DHS.

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