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Ted Cruz: “They got $1.7 billion in cash on pallets flown in by Barack…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:09

They got literally, like, cash and bills that are unmarked. Like, how much better does it get than that that you then can give terrorists to then blow up people? Listen, They got $1.7 billion in cash on pallets flown in by Barack Obama. They got over $100 billion. I just want people to understand what you just said, Senator, because it's so frustrating. This is not Saturday Night Live. That's literally what the Obama administration did. (14:09–14:16)

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Asserts that the Obama administration sent $1.7 billion in cash to Iran.

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