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Ted Cruz: “Joe Biden said no purely for politics [to giving astronauts…”

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

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ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 1 Verdict Ep. 214

Published | Video Starts at 30:08

Now that's a very good answer. The astronauts on the space station, are they political prisoners? Some of them are. Because, because you could have given him a ride back and Joe Biden said no purely for politics [to giving astronauts a ride back]. Yeah, I mean, you know, there's been some debate about this online, but the thing is that it was a very high level decision. So it wasn't really even a NASA decision. (30:08–30:15)

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Asserts that President Joe Biden refused to allow astronauts a ride back for political reasons.

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