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Ted Cruz: “I'm hopeful one of the consequences of this will be a free…”

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Venezuela Victory Part 2–Historically Transforming Latin America & What Happens Next

Published | Video Starts at 20:03

They had 32 soldiers guarding Maduro. All 32 Cuban soldiers are dead. Not a single US soldier lost his life. They're sitting there going, okay, our days are numbered. And I'm hopeful one of the consequences of this will be a free Cuba, that the communist regime falls in Cuba. And that could be a fall because of just the economy totally collapsing and the lack of the lights literally staying on because of the oil not showing up. Yes. (20:03–20:12)

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Asserts hope that the communist regime in Cuba will fall as a consequence of current events.

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