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Ted Cruz: “We saw tragically when Charlie Kirk was murdered.”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Slams Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes on their dangerous rhetoric

Published | Video Starts at 53:54

And we're so polarized that I think, particularly young people, they take a permission structure where they say, oh, oh, this is what our team believes. Oh, okay, we hate Israel. Okay, we hate Jews. And anytime you see, look, We saw tragically when Charlie Kirk was murdered. And Charlie was a good friend of mine. I knew Charlie. I met Charlie when he was 18 years old and fresh out of high school. (53:54–53:58)

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