Ted Cruz: “Cuba, the communist regime there has existed 67 years. For…”

“But Cuba gives protection and Venezuela gives Cuba money through oil. You agree, Senator? I think the president is exactly right. You look at Cuba, the communist regime there has existed 67 years. For the first number of decades, they existed because the Soviet Union supported them financially. And then America, we won the Cold War and defeated the Soviet Union. Soviet Union collapsed and Venezuela stepped in as essentially Daddy Warbucks and began providing them money.” (03:52–04:02)

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