Cruz calls Tennessee shooting an ‘act of war’

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, characterized this week’s shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn., which claimed the lives of four U.S. Marines, as an “act of war.”

Law enforcement officials are still investigating whether the shooter, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, had any ties to outside terror groups, including the Islamic State and al Qaeda.

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