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Ted Cruz: “It was one of the largest terrorist attack on Americans in…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 58:48

They target civilians, they go house to house. They murder the elderly, they murder children, they women and little girls. They kill 1200 people, including dozens of Americans. It was one of the largest terrorist attack on Americans in U.S. history. They take even more people hostage where they violently assault and them and I don't understand the Tucker Carlson's of the world that can look at that and say you … (58:48–58:53)

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Asserts that the attack by Hamas was one of the largest on Americans in U.S. history.

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