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Ted Cruz: “There is a gigantic port that is owned and controlled by…”

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When I went out on the boat, one of the things I saw, Ben, is right at the entrance, the Pacific entrance of the canal There is a gigantic port that is owned and controlled by Communist China [at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal]. And it's right there. And they have cranes. They're right there in a position. There is also. China is building a bridge, a bridge across the canal. (28:41–28:56)

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Asserts that a port at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is owned and controlled by China.

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