Ted Cruz

And there's real money behind it.

And listen, I would call upon DOJ and the FBI, follow the money in Minnesota.

Amen.

You see report after report after report of people being surveilled, of people being stopped on the street and asked for their identification, not by law enforcement, but by these rogue militias.

And, you know.

The Democrats in the media were really fond for a long time of using the word insurrection.

Yes, they love that word.

A violent effort to take over a city is, in fact, an insurrection sustained, engaged in violence, funded.

And we are seeing that.

And indeed, we've seen violence.

I've seen pictures on X of parts of Minnesota where where they're building walls and trying to create an autonomous zone.

And it is exacerbated by the fact that the Democrat politicians are handcuffing the police so that the local police are not able to do their job.

And I'm certain those police are deeply frustrated by the politician bosses that prevent them from doing their job.

Yes, but before we get to shutdown, I want to point out because politically it's more than just their base.

Yes, it is true that these violent protests energize their base, drives turnout, drives fundraising.

The crazies get all the more excited.

The more violence the left foments.

But it's about more than that.

It's also about totally capturing the news cycle, taking the fraud and corruption out of the news cycle.

That's a totally separate objective that is critically important to them.