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Ted Cruz: “The prisoners, 23 hours a day, they are in those cells.”

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

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It was a giant MS.13 like, across their chest. I mean, it's not. They're proud of you. It's a right of passage. They're not trying to hide. Was. There was no ambiguity. And The prisoners, 23 hours a day, they are in those cells. And in front of the cells are prison guards. And the prison guards are standing there holding machine guns, watching them through the front of the bars. Above the prison cell is. (11:27–11:34)

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Asserts that prisoners are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day.

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