Karoline Leavitt: “These terrorists seized our Embassy and took 66 Americans…”

“They chant Death to America and fund other radical terrorists who attack our country and are seeking to destroy Western civilization it's itself. These terrorists seized our Embassy and took 66 Americans hostage in Tehran. They slaughtered 241 U.S. service members with a truck bombing in Beirut. They killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq. And this is just a small fraction of their blood soaked record.” (20:52–20:58)

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