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Ted Cruz: “Their objective, and I don't think this is hyperbole, is to…”

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They've been taken over by the Communists and the DSAs who are explicitly saying, we will abolish all borders. There's not even a wall to crawl over. They're just going to invite everyone in. Their objective, and I don't think this is hyperbole, is to destroy what we know as the United States of America. And elections are about choices. It's incumbent on us to make clear what the stakes of these choices are. Well, speaking of the stakes, let's talk about the elections here in the midterm. (12:54–13:00)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party's policies aim to fundamentally change the U.S.

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