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Ted Cruz: “The best estimate is 251 hostages were taken on October 7th.”

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

OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208.

Published October 7, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:23

A year of living hell. As I mentioned, 1,195 people were murdered on that day. The estimates are not exactly clear, but The best estimate is 251 hostages were taken on October 7th. Now, of those 251 hostages, we estimate that 97 remain in Gaza, plus an additional four hostages who were captured before October 7th. (04:23–04:29)

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Asserts that approximately 251 hostages were taken on October 7th.

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“She [Sean Theory] publicly announced enough was enough and she switched to the Republican Party.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 01:31-23:39
“1,195 people were murdered on that day [October 7th].”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:14-04:20
“97 [hostages] remain in Gaza, plus an additional four hostages who were captured before October 7th.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:33-04:41
“70 hostages have died either on October 7th or in the month since then.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:44-04:50
“34 of the hostages who remain in Gaza are dead, according to Israeli officials.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:50-04:57
“Hamas has released 109 of the hostages.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 04:56-05:01
“Eight of the hostages were rescued by the IDF.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:01-05:05
“37 of the deceased hostages have been returned to Israel.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:10-05:16
“On August 31, the IDF retrieved the body of American hostage Hirsch Goldberg Pahlen.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:15-05:23
“There are thought to be four American hostages still alive.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 05:32-05:37
“At least 43 American citizens were among those murdered, and at least 10 American citizens were taken hostage or remain unaccounted for.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 06:55-07:15
“1200 people murdered. 251 hostages. It is truly horrific. As you noted, it was the worst single day mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:23-07:35
“It's also one of the worst terrorist attack in American history. Americans are hostages Right now.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:34-07:43
“I do not understand why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris do not talk about the American hostages.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 07:43-07:49
“They are using rape as a weapon of sexual violence on October 7th.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 09:55-10:02
“They have targeted and repeatedly raped women and young girls.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 10:03-10:08
“Israel's stated commitment to utterly and completely eliminate Hamas.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 12:38-12:43
“Eliminating Hamas and eliminating Hezbollah is unequivocally good for the national security of Israel and it is unequivocally good for the…”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 12:52-13:02
“Over four years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have flowed over $100 billion to Iran.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 15:12-15:21
“90% of the budget for Hamas comes from Iran.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 15:18-15:26
“90% of the budget for Hezbollah comes from Iran.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 15:25-15:29
“The Ayatollah in Iran is actively trying to murder Donald Trump right now and is paying for hitmen and assassins to try to carry that out.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 16:16-16:24
“Today, a year after October 7th, they're still not enforcing the oil sanctions.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:02-18:08
“Today, Iran is selling 2 million barrels of oil a day.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:07-18:11
“300,000.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:20-18:22
“The regime was near collapse. And Joe Biden, Kamala Harris gave a life preserver, gave them a massive subsidy.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 18:27-18:37
“The very best thing is we have delayed Israel from acting militarily for so long that they no longer have the military capacity to stop Iran…”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 19:58-20:18
“1200 Israelis lost their lives a year ago today because of that weakness.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 20:45-20:52
“Eric Johnson, who's the mayor of Dallas, was an elected Democrat state rep and elected Democrat mayor, and then he shifted to be a…”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 23:07-23:11
“Sean Theory is a state representative in Texas. She was an elected Democrat first elected in 2017, then elected again in 2018 and 2020 in…”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 23:18-23:29
“No 8 year old or 10 year old can decide, I never want to be a father, I never want to be a mother.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 29:15-29:22
“This is a primary and a state rep race in Texas. Over a million bucks.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 30:42-30:47
“If the kids, when they get older, they change their mind. Much of this is irreversible.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 34:12-34:19
“If you have a teenage girl who has a double mastectomy, you don't get your breasts back.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 34:18-34:25
“There's no compassion for these kids and the life-altering decisions that I think in many instances it's adults who are foisting it on them.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 37:14-37:27
“No, they beat her in the Democrat primary with a million bucks.”
OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208. | Uploaded October 7, 2024 | 40:27-40:31