Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Monday that the riots happening in Los Angeles once again illustrate where the allegiance of the Democratic Party lies, and it’s not with law enforcement or border patrol.

Instead, Cruz told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that “radical” Democrats have hitched their party’s wagon to illegal immigration and the crime that comes with it, all at the expense of the men and women in uniform charged with upholding the law.

“Look, it’s perfectly clear where the two sides stand. Today’s Democrat party, they are the party of illegal immigrants. They are the party of Venezuelan gangs. They’re the party of murderers and rapists and child molesters,” Cruz said. “And Rob, I gotta say, I wish what I was saying was hyperbole, but [Gov.] Gavin Newsom and [Los Angeles Mayor] Karen Bass, they’re saying if you are an illegal anywhere in America, come to California, we want you.

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