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Ted Cruz: “The two pilots who were aboard the Apache helicopter were…”

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Minnesota Dems Targeting Fraud Whistleblowers + Epic Drone Rescue

Published June 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:53

On Monday, U.S. central Command reported that the helicopter was on patrol when it was struck by the drone. But The two pilots who were aboard the Apache helicopter were safely rescued within about two hours of the strike. Wow. And it's worth here we're going to play the Fox News report that covered it. (04:53–05:00)

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Asserts that the pilots were rescued within two hours of the strike.

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Ted Cruz

“An armed Iranian shahed drone struck a U.S. apache helicopter and it went down in the sea off the coast of Oman.”
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“This is the first drone rescue at sea in combat in the history of the world.”
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“The single largest funder of Al Shabaab, which is the radical Islamic terrorist group that is in Somalia, their number one funder was the…”
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“Two U.S. servicemen in an Apache helicopter [were] shot down by Iran.”
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“They [Saronic] have drone ships that are over 150ft long.”
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“We had them rescued not by a ship, not by sailors, but by a drone ship.”
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“That ship is manufactured by Saronic, a company based in Austin, Texas.”
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“The governor of Minnesota, Tim Waltz... hired private investigators to go after government employees who whistleblow.”
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“Instead of going after the fraud, he [Governor Tim Waltz] went after and persecuted the government employees who were pointing out the…”
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“It's not even directly controlled by a joystick. It's actually AI that controls this.”
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“Drone ships are not massively expensive.”
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“Aircraft carriers and expensive ships can cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.”
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“Drones can be built at scale and you can deploy one of them or 10,000 of them.”
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“AI can direct [drone ships] to their searching and they'll engage in espionage.”
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“The battle between Ukraine and Russia, much of it is involving drones.”
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“Hurricane Harvey was at the time the second most costly natural disaster in American history.”
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“If China masters this technology before we do, that is a generation skipping advance in technology.”
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“If they have the ability to send 1,000 or 10,000 or 100,000 AI controlled drones at one of our aircraft carriers, there's a real risk.”
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“One of the things the US military is investing in heavily with American technology is counter drone technology.”
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“If we lose this race, we would be at a serious military disadvantage to China.”
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“Federal law, and typically state law, protects whistleblowers, that gives you legal protection because you want whistleblowers to call…”
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“A House committee report released Monday found that Democrat Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz's state's administration intimidated and…”
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“The 200 page staff report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found that Democrat Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz's…”
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“DHS de-anonymized an internal fraud hotline for employees in an attempt to intimidate fraud reporters.”
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“Governor Waltz appointed Gandhi as commissioner of DHS in February 2026, but removed her in May before her confirmation hearing amid…”
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“The Department of Justice has created an entire new division focused at going after fraud.”
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“The power to bring an indictment, the power to go before a grand jury to get an indictment, to prosecute, that is exclusively within the…”
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“Federal funds were effectively being stolen and funneled to Somalia, funneled to Somalian fraudsters being sent, among other places, to Al…”
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“Those are also federal taxpayer money.”
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“This has happened also in other states. It's happened in Maine under the Democrat governor there. It's happened in California. It's happened…”
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“Predominantly in Democrat states where there are Democrat politicians who are benefiting from turning the other way to fraud.”
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