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Ted Cruz: “Voter fraud is a real and persistent problem.”

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How Republicans Can Force the SAVE Act—Plus Receipts on Minnesota Fraud & a Huge Medical Reversal

Published February 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 08:32

As we talked about, 71% of Democrats voters think photo ID to vote is a good idea. They're opposing it for two reasons. Number one, they're opposing it, I believe, because Voter fraud is a real and persistent problem. And they count on voter fraud to help them win elections. And so they don't want photo ID because they want cheating. (08:32–08:35)

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“71% of Democrats voters think photo ID to vote is a good idea.”
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“The Carter Baker Commission concluded voter fraud is real. It is a problem. It has changed the outcome of elections.”
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“The Minnesota taxpayers are the number one funder of Al Shabaab, the terrorist Islamist group in Somalia.”
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“This hearing is going to focus on $9 billion stolen from the taxpayers and hundreds of millions of those dollars going to the Al Shabaab…”
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“The American Society of Plastic Surgeons announced that it no longer supported, quote, gender affirming surgeries for children under 18.”
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“The American Medical Association said also, you should not do these surgeries for minors.”
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“A young detransition, or Fox variant, has won $2 million damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit.”
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“The SAVE act requires proof of American citizenship to register to vote.”
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“President Trump wanted to change the name from the SAVE act to the Save America Act.”
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“President Trump wanted to add a requirement of photo ID to vote [to the SAVE act].”
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“The American people overwhelmingly support photo ID to vote.”
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“It was the Democrats who enacted the Jim Crow laws.”
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“The Carter Baker Commission recommended limiting the use of mail in ballots.”
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“The Carter Baker Commission recommended prohibiting ballot harvesting.”
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“The Carter Baker Commission recommended requiring photo ID to vote.”
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“Ballot harvesting is legal in California.”
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“We should nuke what's called the zombie filibuster.”
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“I'm the chairman of the Oversight subcommittee, the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
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“The biggest fraud in recorded history that was done with the complicity of Democrat officeholders.”
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“The Somali fraud in Minnesota is massive.”
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“Democrats put almost all [Somalis] on welfare.”
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“Democrats have imported vast numbers of illegal immigrants into this country, vast number of Somalis into this country.”
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“What I laid out about the money going to Al Shabaab, not a single Democrat senator disputed it.”
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“They affirmatively support it. They benefit from it. They get elected.”
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“The two closest statewide elections in Minnesota were 1 point races.”
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“I invited to this hearing Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, I invited Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, I invited Minneapolis Mayor…”
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“The evidence for gender affirming surgical intervention in minors is insufficient for us to make a definitive statement.”
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“In 2021, here's what the AMA said on its website...opposing the governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine that is detrimental to…”
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“Legislatures in 20 states this year proposed banning physicians and other health care professionals from providing medically necessary…”
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