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Ted Cruz: “Two years ago, we had more than 100,000 Americans die of…”

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

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… seeing them in the videos, that as a terrorist organization, our military can and does engage to take out terrorists who pose a threat to America. If you look at Two years ago, we had more than 100,000 Americans die of drug overdoses. Roughly 70% of that was fentanyl overdoses. So this is killing Americans across the country. And I'm glad President Trump is acting and acting with real strength to say, if you are engaged in narco terrorism, the … (08:26–08:36)

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Asserts that over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses two years ago, with 70% from fentanyl.

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