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Ted Cruz: “Putin stopped building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline literally…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:45

It was caused by Joe Biden waiving the sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany. As you know, I authored those sanctions, and Putin stopped building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline literally the day President Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law. So Biden caused. Caused the war. But Trump campaigned saying he was going to end the war. And I've been very clear. (07:45–07:53)

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Asserts that the construction of Nord Stream 2 halted when Trump signed sanctions legislation authored by Ted Cruz.

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