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Ted Cruz: “Iran has killed nearly 1,000 Americans over the last 47…”

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Published April 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:58

I would say sit down with families who've lost loved ones and are placing flowers at tombstones on Memorial Day in and tell them this, this political garbage. Look, Iran has killed nearly 1,000 Americans over the last 47 years. They're the number one state funder of terrorism in the world. They get provide 90% of the funding for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. They hired hitmen to kill President Trump. (15:58–16:04)

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Asserts that Iran has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 1,000 Americans over 47 years.

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“They provide 90% of the funding for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.”
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“They hired hitmen to kill President Trump.”
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“Germany sits atop 35 billion tons of lignite.”
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“Taiwan has virtually no domestic fossil fuels and without nuclear, it has to import 97% of its energy by sea.”
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“California became dependent on gasoline imports from Asian refineries which are now cutting shipments because the Strait of Hormuz is…”
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“Chevron was a California company. They moved to Texas in the last year because [California] drove them out.”
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“Chuck Schumer has apologized to the American people. He said he's sorry that the Democrat party has embraced open borders.”
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“He said he's sorry they're a bunch of jihadist loving lunatics who've defunded the Department of Homeland Security.”
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“He has said he's sorry. And he said, look, the reason is he's just cheap and scared and he cares about power.”
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“The real April Fool's joke is the hundred the other 364 days a year when he refuses to do that.”
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“That because that is the Democrat Party position. It is, it is astonishing.”
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“We're going to talk about radical Islamic terrorism and how the Democrats have coddled it, how they've embraced it, how they've exposed us…”
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“We're going to talk about it concerning Michigan and the Michigan terror attack that we now know was inspired explicitly by Hezbollah.”
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“Kamaran Mandami apparently believing that it is the responsibility of the mayor of New York City to defend the Ayatollah and to defend the…”
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“The attack earlier this month...was a, quote, Hezbollah inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest…”
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“The assailant, Ayman Ghazali, was a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon.”
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“Put a pin in that, that we need to change our vetting for naturalized citizens.”
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“The Biden administration allowed [radical Islamic terrorists] to flood into this country and the lack of vetting.”
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“The Department of Homeland Security shut down because the Democrats have defunded it.”
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“Senate Democrats do not seem to care at all [about radical Islamic terrorists in the country].”
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“Every Democrat but two voted against confirming [Mark Wayne Mullen as Secretary of Homeland Security].”
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“They're the number one state funder of terrorism in the world.”
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“Mandani is part of a broader movement of America hating Islamists who are taking over the Democrat Party.”
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“Bill Clinton practically had his own seat on the Leda Express.”
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“The media is corrupt.”
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“Today's Democrat Party has nothing to say about [protecting America against radical Islamic terrorists].”
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“Germany, Taiwan and California are cautionary tales. All three have had their politics shaped by green movements. And all three are more…”
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“When environmentalists came to power, they forced the premature retirement of nuclear reactors, coal plants and oil refineries.”
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“Germany's Green Party was founded in 1980, an anti nuclear movement.”
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“Germany bet big on solar and wind, but intermittent renewables can't ensure a consistent supply.”
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“Germany has imported nuclear generated electricity from France when squeezed.”
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“The effect of [the Green Party in Germany] is to go back to coal generation and to increase pollution.”
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“Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party codified anti nuclear dogma into its founding Charter in 1986.”
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“When the DPP won power in 2016, it legislated a nuclear free homeland and began retiring the country's coal plants.”
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“Last week the DPP reversed course and announced plans to restart the reactors.”
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