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Ted Cruz: “Saddam Hussein was a horrible human being. He murdered and…”

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

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Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Discuss US Foreign Policy, Iran, and Israel

Published | Video Starts at 13:09

We come in and topple them, the radical Islamic terrorists take over and they start killing Americans. And mind you, how the heck does that help us? Saddam Hussein was a horrible human being. He murdered and tortured people. unequivocally. Bad guy. But it got much worse after we toppled him. And you ended up having ISIS rise up. I mean, that was the cause of isis was toppling Saddam Hussein. (13:09–13:14)

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Asserts that Saddam Hussein was a murderer and torturer.

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