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Ted Cruz: “I urged the President to launch this attack.”

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

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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

So, Senator, moving forward now to talk about the conflict in Iran, you were literally with President Trump the day before the strikes happened. Can you explain to us what the reasoning and the rationale are for this war? Sure. Look, I urged the President to launch this attack. As you noted. I was with him pretty much the entire day on Friday before the attack launched on Saturday. And so we were on Air Force One. (06:25–06:28)

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