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Ted Cruz: “The Ayatollah was responsible for murdering nearly 1,000…”

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Ted Cruz: Facts and national security don't matter for Democrats

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

Iran, over 47 years, has been the number one funder, state funder of terrorism in the world. Over 90% of Hamas's budget comes from Iran, over 90% of Hezbollah's and the Houthis budget comes from Iran. The Ayatollah was responsible for murdering nearly 1,000 Americans and also for hiring hitmen to try to murder President Trump. And so President Trump acted decisively to take out this threat to America. And it's sad that the Democrats just want to play politics with it. Yeah. (02:17–02:29)

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