As municipalities around the country ponder defunding their police forces, Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing back. The Texas Republican argues that more black lives will be lost and more black women will be sexually assaulted if law enforcement is cut or abolished in some communities. Cruz joins The Daily Signal podcast to discuss.

The senator also talks about how and why he was sanctioned July 13 by the communist government of China for "interfering in China’s internal affairs."

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