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Ted Cruz: “Joe Biden waived the sanctions on Nord Stream 2, the…”

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Ted Cruz: Dems need to have their 'head examined' if they're on the wrong side of this

Published August 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:05

They have funded the Russian military apparatus. And the reason we have a war in Ukraine is because of Joe Biden and the Democrats weakness in particular. Joe Biden waived the sanctions on Nord Stream 2, the undersea pipeline from Russia to Germany. I wrote those sanctions into law. I'm the author of that legislation. Donald Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law and shut down that pipeline that prevented war. (01:05–01:12)

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Asserts that Joe Biden waived sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

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