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Ted Cruz: “A month ago, they [Iran] were not on the verge of acquiring…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:04

They have been the number one state funder of terrorism worldwide. If they had a nuclear weapon, the odds are unacceptably high they would use it. Now, A month ago, they [Iran] were not on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. Last year, during the 12 day war, President Trump ordered our B2 bombers to fly halfway around the world and we dropped bunker busters on their nuclear weapons research facilities. (08:04–08:08)

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Asserts that Iran was not close to obtaining nuclear weapons a month ago.

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