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Ted Cruz: “The ayatollah and the successive ayatollahs are responsible…”

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

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As long as they're not killing Americans, I'm good with it. If they're killing Americans, I'm not good with it. And The ayatollah and the successive ayatollahs are responsible for nearly 1,000 U.S. murders. They twice tried to kill President Trump. And so one of the topics I spoke with, with Prime Minister Netanyahu about is what I've been calling for for months, is that we should be arming the protesters. (26:56–27:05)

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Asserts that Iranian leaders have been responsible for nearly 1,000 American deaths.

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