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Ted Cruz: “Had the sanctions remained in place, we would not have a war…”

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

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And Ben Putin stopped construction of Nord Stream 2. Literally the day President Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law. That legislation stopped the invasion, prevented the invasion, and Had the sanctions remained in place, we would not have a war in Ukraine. But Joe Biden came in and waived the sanctions. He gave a multi billion dollar gift to Putin. Putin finished Nord Stream 2 and almost immediately thereafter invaded. (13:59–14:04)

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Asserts that the war in Ukraine would not have occurred if the sanctions had remained in place.

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