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Ted Cruz: “Barack Obama and Joe Biden's weakness and appeasement, that…”

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

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And by the way, that makes clear if you kill Americans, there are going to be massive consequences to it. Barack Obama and Joe Biden's weakness and appeasement, that if you kill Americans, oh well, we're not going to do anything about it. That invites more people to target and kill Americans. This is about avoiding war by being strong enough to take out the people that are killing Americans and that avoids protracted military conflict. (35:15–35:22)

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Asserts that Barack Obama and Joe Biden's policies are weak and appeasing, leading to inaction when Americans are killed.

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