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Ted Cruz: “The Des Moines superintendent of the public school, who was…”

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

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Ted Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers "for no point whatsoever"

Published | Video Starts at 09:32

Listen, it is hotly disputed how many illegal immigrants are voting. We know that some illegal immigrants are voting, by the way. We know, for example, The Des Moines superintendent of the public school, who was an illegal immigrant, who was a repeat criminal, who was a registered Democrat who voted. I mean. I mean, we know that it is happening. There is a dispute about how widespread it is. It is basic common sense to require that you demonstrate you're a citizen to vote. (09:32–09:40)

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Asserts that a Des Moines superintendent, an illegal immigrant, voted.

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