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Markwayne Mullin: “The Ayatollah that's been saying he wanted nuclear weapons…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN MULLIN: 'I am tired of his lies.' | Varney & Company

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

And so the last thing we want to do is to cause another Arab Spring like underneath Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But at the same time, if this ayatollah, The Ayatollah that's been saying he wanted nuclear weapons since 1979. continues to proceed down this path, which he has so far. We won't have any other choice but to remove their infrastructure and remove him permanently and let him go off to wherever he wants to to chase those virgins that supposedly he's promised. (01:29–01:33)

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Asserts that the Ayatollah has expressed a desire for nuclear weapons since 1979.

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