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Ted Cruz: “Biden immediately stopped enforcing the oil sanctions and…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Iran, China, and U.S. Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

The economy was in free fall. The regime was, was, was teetering. And when he came into office, they were selling 300,000 barrels of oil a day. Biden immediately stopped enforcing the oil sanctions and the Iranian oil sales skyrocketed from 300,000 barrels a day to about 2 million barrels a day. And as you rightly noted, in a very real sense, the Biden administration, by refusing to enforce sanctions, flowed $100 billion to the Ayatollah. (02:18–02:31)

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Asserts that Biden's actions led to a significant increase in Iranian oil sales.

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