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Ted Cruz: “They are advocating for seizing the means of production and…”

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

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Able to take anything they want from you, able to do anything they want to you. They are advocating for seizing the means of production and the government owning and controlling all of the major businesses in America. It is full on communism. And that's not every Democrat, indeed most of the Democrats I serve with in the Senate that does not describe their belief. (19:10–19:19)

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Asserts that there is advocacy for government control of major businesses in America.

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