So in that election, we had 17 Republicans run. If you set aside Rand Paul, whose foreign policy views are kind of on one fringe. If you. You set Rand aside. Of the 16 remaining candidates [in the 2016 Republican presidential primary], there were two and only two who opposed the Iraq war. Me and Donald Trump. Everyone else thought the Iraq war was a good idea and defended it. Now, why did I oppose the Iraq war? Because I think it made America less safe. (17:19–17:28)
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Asserts that only Ted Cruz and Donald Trump opposed the Iraq war among 16 Republican candidates in 2016.
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