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Ted Cruz: “There was very little security [at Fort Bliss].”

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

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Terror Comes to America from Biden Afghan Terrorists

Published | Video Starts at 08:30

They literally built a gigantic tent city on Fort Bliss. Fort Bliss is. Is in El Paso, Texas. It is a massive military base, and they built a tent city to house 10,000 Afghans. Now, There was very little security [at Fort Bliss]. They didn't know who was coming in. They didn't know how they would leave. They didn't know if they could leave, if they were terrorists. (08:30–08:34)

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Asserts that security measures at Fort Bliss were inadequate during the housing of Afghan refugees.

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