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Ted Cruz: “I authored those sanctions [on Nord Stream 2].”

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

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President Trump is Bringing Peace to the Ukraine War, plus DC Crime Plummets

Published | Video Starts at 17:11

… Ukraine, that his weakness, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, emboldened Putin and all of our enemies. And also how Biden's waiving the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 caused this war. I authored those sanctions [on Nord Stream 2]. I wrote that legislation. Donald Trump signed those sanctions into law. And as Putin said in Alaska just a couple of days ago, if Trump had still been in the Oval Office There would be no war in Ukraine. (17:11–17:13)

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