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Ted Cruz: “To elect a Chinese spy as a mayor in a US town, I'm not…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:13

That's one thing I think people don't understand. They target people that have access to significant US Information. They're not wasting their time with some low level person. And To elect a Chinese spy as a mayor in a US town, I'm not aware of any instance of that happening in our history. And by the way, you know what's interesting about this case, and I don't. I don't know if you, if you heard this, but I was briefed about this earlier today. (09:13–09:24)

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Asserts that electing a Chinese spy as a mayor in the U.S. is unprecedented.

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