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Ted Cruz: “The radical left is taken over the Democrat Party.”

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Barbarians at the Gate—the Deranged plans of the Marxists Taking over the Democrats

Published August 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:23

And that is, my friends, how you make a great Monday morning. The barbarians are at the gate. The radical left is taken over the Democrat Party. The DSA are communists. And don't take our word for it. They'll tell you exactly who they are. I want you to listen to this stunning interview from one of the national co chairs of the dsa. (00:23–00:28)

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Asserts that the radical left has taken control of the Democratic Party.

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“Gaza is a country.”
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“Israel was not in charge of Gaza.”
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“Hamas, whom the Palestinian people in Gaza voted for, were in charge.”
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“Hamas would take the pipe and make missiles out of them.”
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“Clay Travis put out a public challenge. He challenged for the Las Vegas Aces, which is the reigning national champion WNBA, to play a team…”
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“He ended up getting fired because he spoke out against the Chinese communist oppressing the Uyghurs.”
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“The DSA are communists.”
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“She wants no millionaires in America. She wants to destroy every millionaire in America.”
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“That's what the Soviet Union did. It's what Communist China did. It's what North Korea did. It's what Venezuela did. It's what Cuba did with…”
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“Gaza used to be part of Israel.”
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“International countries would send in aid, say, water pipes to build water and sewer systems.”
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“The Green Red alliance is really dangerous because they merged together the Islamists that want Sharia law to govern all of us.”
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“Hassan Piker is the other crazy left wing, communist, America hating Islamist who among other things, said America deserved 9 11.”
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“Much of the reason many young people have become [bigoted] is because AOC and the other communists have told them over and over and over…”
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“Not only have the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces refused to respond to my $10 million boys high school Challenge, no rich left wingers have…”
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“They know the high school boys would smoke the WNBA champions.”
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“Ennis Cantor is 6 foot 10. He's 250 pounds. He played in the NBA. He went in the first draft.”
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“He was the number three pick in his career in the NBA.”
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“He averaged 11.2 points per game, 7.8 rebounds per game and 0.9 assists per game.”
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“He was the starting center for the Boston Celtics.”
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“The NBA blocked him out and shut him out because they cared more about selling NBA, the NBA to China than they did about human rights.”
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“Their ideology says, anyone who says, I am a woman. As of that instant, you are a woman.”
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“A lot of the transgenderism is coming from leftist adults who are convincing their kids that this nonsense.”
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“I think it is clearly unfair to allow boys to compete against girls and to allow men to compete against women.”
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