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Ted Cruz: “Cuba is stuck in the dark ages. It's like going to Cuba and…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 31:18

There would be billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars that would be invested in Cuba. You would see a mass of capital. Cuba is stuck in the dark ages. It's like going to Cuba and I've never been. I will go to Cuba when we have a free Cuba. I do not wish to go to Cuba under communism, but Cuba. The cars they drive. Do you know the cars they drive are from the 1950s? Yeah, it's like the movie. (31:18–31:26)

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Asserts that Cuba is technologically and economically behind, akin to being in the 'dark ages.'

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