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Ted Cruz: Would you agree that on any analysis it is a greater potential violation of someone's rights to take their life than it…

On the recordApril 22, 2013
Would you agree that on any analysis it is a greater potential violation of someone's rights to take their life than it is to capture and interrogate them?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cruz questions the morality of killing versus capturing individuals.

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