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Ted Cruz: “I don't want to wake up in five years in a country where…”

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

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Ted Cruz: Trump's Iran Strategy Is Making America Safer | Full Interview

Published | Video Starts at 38:14

And I think conservatives, I think Christians, I think church leaders need to get much more savvy responding to the lies. And I mentioned a second ago that it's an existential threat. You might say, well, why is that? Because I don't want to wake up in five years in a country where both major political parties are unambiguously anti-Israel and unapologetically anti-Semitic. anti Semitic. And I think if we don't act now, that could happen. And I'll tell you, as for me and my house, we will stand with Israel, we will … (38:14–38:29)

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Asserts a concern that both major U.S. political parties could become anti-Israel and anti-Semitic in the future.

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