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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Legislation on Muslim Brotherhood and IRS Policy Changes on Political Endorsements

Published | Video Starts at 04:54

The Muslim Brotherhood has branches in countries and territories all over the world. And they are openly committed to seizing control of those countries and seizing control of those territories. They explicitly intend to use violent jihad to overthrow non Islamist governments. During the Obama administration, they did. They seized control of Egypt. Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood seized control until they were ultimately overthrown by the Egyptian army. (04:54–05:04)

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