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Mike Johnson: “We were the largest state sponsor of terrorism [referring to…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 27:37

And we did. And I got asked the question on the campaign trail a lot over August, what about Iran? Well, look, We were the largest state sponsor of terrorism [referring to Iran]. Was this close to having nuclear capability. And I know that because I'm on the Gang of eight and I got all the briefings, okay? (27:37–27:41)

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