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Ted Cruz: “The only reason that the ayatollah wants an ICBM is to…”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses CNN's Criticism of Trump's Military Strike on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 03:00

As you know, ICBM stands for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. You don't need an ICBM for Iran to attack Israel. They're using ordinary ballistic missiles for that. The only reason that the ayatollah wants an ICBM is to deliver a nuclear warhead to an American city. And Donald Trump act decisively to prevent that and to prevent Iran from being able to kill potentially millions of American citizens. I don't know why CNN is not cheering that on. (03:00–03:09)

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Asserts that Iran's interest in ICBMs is to target American cities with nuclear warheads.

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