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Ted Cruz: “We shouldn't give thanks for anything. That America is not a…”

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

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My grandfather was born and worked on a plantation in Cuba. And yet he wants to say I gotta pay for people that I've never repressed. And more fundamentally, that We shouldn't give thanks for anything. That America is not a country worth giving thanks for. That's who he is. But it's not just that. It is. Look, we've talked a lot on this podcast about the intersection between Marxism and Islamism. (25:54–25:59)

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Asserts that America is not a country deserving of gratitude.

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