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Ted Cruz: “The government of Iran is broadcasting Tucker [Carlson] to…”

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Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game

Published March 11, 2026 | Video Starts at 10:11

But do you know who is broadcasting Tucker's broadcast right now? Literally, Iran state sponsored media is broadcasting it to their people. The government of Iran is broadcasting Tucker [Carlson] to their people. The Muslim Brotherhood has retweeted and put out Tucker's broadcast to the world rt, the, the, the press organization of Russia. Russia Today is pushing out Tucker. (10:11–10:15)

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“Iran launched 350 ballistic missiles [on the first day of the conflict]. By day eight, that had dropped to 15.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 00:26-00:37
“Iran launched 541 drone attacks [on the second day of the conflict]. By day eight, that had Dropped to 12.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 00:37-00:48
“Virtually every ship in [Iran's] navy has been sunk to the bottom of the ocean.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 01:16-01:21
“They [Iran] provide 90% of the funding for Hamas, for Hezbollah, and for the Houthis.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:43-06:50
“They've [Iran] killed nearly 1,000 Americans in the last five decades.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:49-06:56
“One [hitman] was just convicted in the last week of [trying to murder President Trump].”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 07:10-07:12
“The hitman told the Department of Justice, I was hired by Iran, I was trained by Iran, and my purpose was to murder President Trump.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 07:42-07:51
“Qatar is the number one country in the world for foreign funding of U.S. universities.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 14:32-14:38
“$6.6 billion [from Qatar] to our universities.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 14:52-15:01
“Gas prices were nearly $6 a gallon 18 months ago under Joe Biden.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 27:45-27:50
“If [Iran] had nuclear weapons, they would kill many, many more Americans.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 00:26-30:21
“We have taken out Iran's air defenses. We've taken out their missile launching capacity.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 00:53-01:02
“The regime in Iran has been the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:38-06:43
“Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:38-06:43
“They [Qatar] support Hamas, they encourage Hamas, they fund Israel haters, America haters, Communists, people tearing America down.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 06:43-15:55
“There's no dispute that it was Iran that was paying for this [attempt to murder President Trump].”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 07:50-07:53
“We now have one of the hitmen convicted in a federal jury for trying to murder Trump.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 09:35-09:42
“The Muslim Brotherhood has retweeted and put out Tucker's broadcast to the world.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 10:14-10:20
“Russia Today is pushing out Tucker [Carlson].”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 10:23-10:27
“Qatar...hired spies to spy on me.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 11:39-15:33
“Qatar...welcome and host the senior leadership of Hamas.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 11:39-15:55
“Texas was an independent nation between 1836 and 1845.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 22:40-22:45
“Gas prices were about $2.50 a gallon six months ago.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 27:21-27:27
“Gas prices have risen about a dollar to about $3.50 a gallon.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 27:38-27:44
“We've utterly degraded [Iran's] military and we've taken out the Ayatollah and the senior military leadership.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 28:06-28:12
“Iran has been waging war with America for 47 years, and they've killed nearly a thousand Americans.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 29:44-29:50
“Iran is not Iraq. We're not going to see a massive troop presence on the ground.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 32:47-32:55
“Avoiding endless wars does not mean embracing isolationism.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 34:23-34:29
“The top leadership [in Iran] has been taken out.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 34:59-35:02
“Barack Obama and Joe Biden's weakness and appeasement, that if you kill Americans, oh well, we're not going to do anything about it.”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 35:15-35:22
“This is about avoiding war by being strong enough to take out the people that are killing Americans and that avoids protracted military…”
Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game | Uploaded March 11, 2026 | 35:25-35:36