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Ted Cruz: “During the Obama administration, there was a young woman in…”

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Published | Video Starts at 12:19

In this moving forward, hopefully we'll set a standard that America's not gonna just stand by and allow this to happen, right? Well. Well, yes. And, Ben, I'LL give an example. An example. During the Obama administration, there was a young woman in Sudan named Miriam Ibrahim sentenced to receive 100 lashes and then to hang by the neck until dead. Wow. And her crime was being a Christian. That's it. For. For the crime of being a Christian, she was sentenced to that. She was in a prison cell. (12:19–12:27)

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