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Ted Cruz Coup Plot Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTuipne-eM8

https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/hear-ted-cruz-caught-on-tape-plotting-step-two-of-jan-6-coup-171324485510

https://theweek.com/ted-cruz/1022989/ted-cruz-describes-jan-6-plot-on-new-tape-released-by-ex-tucker-carlson-producer

https://www.washingtoninformer.com/sen-ted-cruz-caught-on-tape-plotting-step-two-of-jan-6-insurrection/

http://washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/25/ted-cruz-fox-election-fraud/ Gabefair (talk) 00:40, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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He is not Hispanic American. He is Canadian 173.174.245.14 (talk) 12:30, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton (talk) 00:29, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@AlsoWukai: Greetings! Regarding this revert: there was no explanation in the edit summary. What was your reason for removing this text? -- Beland (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's original research. AlsoWukai (talk) 21:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add a citation. -- Beland (talk) 02:39, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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