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Ted Cruz: “The State Department sent out a tweet from the Office of…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:10

And so, all right, let's take for example, October 7th. On the night of October 7th, The State Department sent out a tweet from the Office of Palestinian affairs that said, Israel must not respond. There must be no military reaction whatsoever. This is while the death squads are still murdering people. It was three in the morning here in the United States when they sent that tweet out. (07:10–07:20)

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