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Tucker Carlson: “They did absolutely nothing, nothing to secure the border…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Tucker on the MAGA Movement's Future and the Snakes in Washington Trying to Change It's True Meaning

Published | Video Starts at 29:30

On all five. On all five. They were not acting. They didn't put the country's interests above all others in their decision making. That's ridiculous. They did absolutely nothing, nothing to secure the border. And they still aren't. Ted Cruz, who's a big MAGA guy. Ted Cruz, course, ran against Trump in 2016, but Ted Cruz was a sitting senator from Texas for the entire Biden administration, where they sent over 12 million people into his state illegally over the border. (29:30–29:36)

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