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Ted Cruz: “90% of the budget for Hamas comes from Iran.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208.

Published October 7, 2024 | Video Starts at 15:18

Over four years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have flowed over $100 billion to Iran. It's a massive amount of money. 90% of the budget for Hamas comes from Iran. 90% of the budget for Hezbollah comes from Iran. So in a very real sense, the death squads that carried out horrific rapes and murders on October 7 were paid for by this White House. (15:18–15:26)

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Asserts that 90% of Hamas's budget is funded by Iran.

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“She [Sean Theory] publicly announced enough was enough and she switched to the Republican Party.”
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“1,195 people were murdered on that day [October 7th].”
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“The best estimate is 251 hostages were taken on October 7th.”
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“97 [hostages] remain in Gaza, plus an additional four hostages who were captured before October 7th.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:33-04:41
“70 hostages have died either on October 7th or in the month since then.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:44-04:50
“34 of the hostages who remain in Gaza are dead, according to Israeli officials.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:50-04:57
“Hamas has released 109 of the hostages.”
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“Eight of the hostages were rescued by the IDF.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:01-05:05
“37 of the deceased hostages have been returned to Israel.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:10-05:16
“On August 31, the IDF retrieved the body of American hostage Hirsch Goldberg Pahlen.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:15-05:23
“There are thought to be four American hostages still alive.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:32-05:37
“At least 43 American citizens were among those murdered, and at least 10 American citizens were taken hostage or remain unaccounted for.”
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“1200 people murdered. 251 hostages. It is truly horrific. As you noted, it was the worst single day mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:23-07:35
“It's also one of the worst terrorist attack in American history. Americans are hostages Right now.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:34-07:43
“I do not understand why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris do not talk about the American hostages.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:43-07:49
“They are using rape as a weapon of sexual violence on October 7th.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 09:55-10:02
“They have targeted and repeatedly raped women and young girls.”
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“Israel's stated commitment to utterly and completely eliminate Hamas.”
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“Eliminating Hamas and eliminating Hezbollah is unequivocally good for the national security of Israel and it is unequivocally good for the…”
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“Over four years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have flowed over $100 billion to Iran.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 15:12-15:21
“90% of the budget for Hezbollah comes from Iran.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 15:25-15:29
“The Ayatollah in Iran is actively trying to murder Donald Trump right now and is paying for hitmen and assassins to try to carry that out.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 16:16-16:24
“Today, a year after October 7th, they're still not enforcing the oil sanctions.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:02-18:08
“Today, Iran is selling 2 million barrels of oil a day.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:07-18:11
“300,000.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:20-18:22
“The regime was near collapse. And Joe Biden, Kamala Harris gave a life preserver, gave them a massive subsidy.”
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“The very best thing is we have delayed Israel from acting militarily for so long that they no longer have the military capacity to stop Iran…”
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“1200 Israelis lost their lives a year ago today because of that weakness.”
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“Eric Johnson, who's the mayor of Dallas, was an elected Democrat state rep and elected Democrat mayor, and then he shifted to be a…”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 23:07-23:11
“Sean Theory is a state representative in Texas. She was an elected Democrat first elected in 2017, then elected again in 2018 and 2020 in…”
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“No 8 year old or 10 year old can decide, I never want to be a father, I never want to be a mother.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 29:15-29:22
“This is a primary and a state rep race in Texas. Over a million bucks.”
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“If the kids, when they get older, they change their mind. Much of this is irreversible.”
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“If you have a teenage girl who has a double mastectomy, you don't get your breasts back.”
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“There's no compassion for these kids and the life-altering decisions that I think in many instances it's adults who are foisting it on them.”
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“No, they beat her in the Democrat primary with a million bucks.”
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