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You know what the [Barack] Obama administration keeps getting wrong is whenever anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of focusing on the bad guys.

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Ted Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
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Rafael Edward Cruz
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