Evening Edition: Sen. Cruz, Pastor Jeffress On The Urgent Need to Defend Christians In Nigeria

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

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President Trump has put Nigeria on notice, saying they must protect their population of Christians from the slaughter by jihadists. The White House and other watchdog organizations say tens of thousands of Christians have been killed over the last several years. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz joins the FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition to discuss what action must be taken to protect Christians in Nigeria and whether military action would be necessary. Then, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas discusses why there needs to be greater attention to the threats Christians face worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Chaffetz.
0:01.1	I'm Emily Campano.
0:02.5	I'm Greg Gutfeld.
0:03.7	And this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.3	Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, I'm Eben Brown.
0:13.5	President Trump put Nigeria on notice that they must protect their population of Christians from the slaughter by jihadists.
0:22.2	Would that mean military action in Africa?
0:25.1	What is transpiring in Nigeria is truly horrific.
0:28.6	Since 2009, more than 50,000 Christians have been murdered in Nigeria.
0:35.3	This is the Fox News Rundown Evening Edition.
0:42.9	President Trump is invoking the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act
0:48.2	and is telling leaders of Nigeria that they have done too little
0:51.5	to defend Christians among its population from kidnapping, torture,
0:56.1	and slaughter by radical Islamists within the West African nation.
1:00.2	Using his truth social platform, the president warns he will end foreign aid to Nigeria if they don't act quickly,
1:06.8	and that he is directing the U.S. War Department to prepare for action.
1:10.6	The U.S. will go in, in the president's words, guns ablazing in order to protect Nigerian Christians.
1:18.1	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked about it at today's press briefing.
1:22.6	If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians,
1:26.4	the United States will immediately
1:27.9	stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may take action to wipe out the Islamic terrorists
1:34.4	who are committing these horrible atrocities, especially against innocent women and children.
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