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Ted Cruz: “The number of drug overdose deaths in America has decreased…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:55

It has. It's at a historic low in the last 125 years. We are at the lowest murder rate that our country's experienced. Is it also correct that The number of drug overdose deaths in America has decreased 20% in the last year. That is correct. That literally means there are thousands of Americans who are alive today who would not be alive if President Trump had not been reelected and if Republicans had not won control of Congress. (07:55–08:02)

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Asserts that drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have decreased by 20% in the past year.

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