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Ted Cruz: “Iran provides 90% of the funding to Hamas and 90% of the…”

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Today, Iran is selling 2 million barrels a day of oil. They went from 300,000 barrels a day of oil to 2 million barrels a day of oil. That is over $80 billion. And understand Iran provides 90% of the funding to Hamas and 90% of the funding to Hezbollah. In a very real sense, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were the funders behind the terrorists who carried out October 7. My hope is on January 20, in two days, the oil sanctions are enforced again. (19:42–19:48)

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