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On the recordSeptember 15, 2014
Do you believe, if they were able to consolidate that power, that there would be a risk of their attempting, and perhaps even succeeding, with a terrorist attack of the magnitude of that that occurred on September 11, 2001, or potentially an even greater terrorist attack?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions the risk of a major terrorist attack if ISIS consolidates power.

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