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Ted Cruz: “There's a meeting with DNI Director Clapper, with National…”

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Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Allegations Against Obama in Russia Election Meddling

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

So all the way up to December 8, over and over and over again, they say, no Russia, no Russia, no Russia. And then December 9, December 9, There's a meeting with DNI Director Clapper, with National Security Adviser Susan Rice, with Secretary of State John Kerry, and with deputy FBI director McCabe, in which they reverse their positions altogether, and they all come out to say, Russia, Russia, Russia. That's why Trump, Trump got elected. And I'll tell you, this December 9th meeting, FDR famously said, December 7th is a date that will live in infamy. (06:08–06:24)

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Asserts that senior officials reversed their positions on Russian interference in a December 9, 2016 meeting.

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