Ted Cruz: “Petro is an anti-American leftist who's a very close ally of…”

“And I think we could end up seeing, I think there's a real possibility that we see the communist government in Cuba fall. You also look at in Colombia, Petro is an anti-American leftist who's a very close ally of Maduro's, very close ally of the communist government in Cuba. I think the Colombian leadership has got to be worried about this as well. So we're going to break down those geopolitical issues on Wednesday's podcast.” (50:03–50:14)

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