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Ted Cruz: “That's what the Soviet Union did. It's what Communist China…”

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Published | Video Starts at 04:54

And when it does change, we'll just take more of what we need to cover what we need. Yeah, and look, that's not hypothetical. That's what the Soviet Union did. It's what Communist China did. It's what North Korea did. It's what Venezuela did. It's what Cuba did with my family, with Fidel Castro when he came in. Yeah, there were. There were big sugar plantations. Cuba was a massive producer of sugar worldwide. The government seized them all. There's now starvation and poverty in Cuba. (04:54–05:05)

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Asserts that the actions described are similar to those taken by historical communist regimes.

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