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Ted Cruz: “Sudan released [Miriam Ibrahim]... [due to] the pressure…”

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

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He would not do it. He never once said her name. I went to the Senate floor, I gave floor speeches. I shined a light. And globally, many. The Pope got … Sudan released [Miriam Ibrahim]... [due to] the pressure [from global advocacy]. … Ibrahim when she came to Washington, and I asked her, she was a little bitty woman. She's not very, very tall, maybe 5:1. She couldn't have weighed more than 100 pounds. (25:13–25:16)

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Asserts that Sudan released Miriam Ibrahim due to global advocacy pressure.

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