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Ted Cruz: “The regime in Iran has been the world's leading state…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 06:38

I think President Trump is right to act to take out the leadership in Iran because having radical Islamist leadership that wants to murder Americans is bad for America. The regime in Iran has been the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years. They provide 90% of the funding for Hamas, for Hezbollah, and for the Houthis. They've killed nearly 1,000Americans in the last five decades. (06:38–06:43)

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Asserts that Iran has been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years.

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