Mike Johnson: “We were the largest state sponsor of terrorism, was this…”

“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, 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? And everybody who saw that in the classified briefing knows how dangerously close they were.” (12:59–13:05)

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