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Ted Cruz: “You look at President Trump federalizing the police in D.C…”

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

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Ted Cruz: Gavin Newsom is 'good at being slick'

Published | Video Starts at 04:22

None of that is radical. None of that is extreme. And yet Gavin Newsom and the rest of the Democrat Party, they exist for one purpose right now, to hate Donald Trump. You look at President Trump federalizing the police in D.C. just this week. We've seen crime rates in D.C. plummet, robbery rates, carjacking rates plummet. And the Democrats like Gavin Newsom, they are booing, they are unhappy. The corporate media, they are booing, they're unhappy. And you know what? (04:22–04:32)

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Asserts that federalizing the police in D.C. led to a decrease in crime rates.

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