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Ted Cruz: “They sold 70 million barrels of oil and made $6 billion…”

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

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Ted Cruz's Plan to Bring Down Iran's Regime—and Tucker Carlson

Published | Video Starts at 12:31

The economy was in free flow, free fall, and the oil storage was virtually full. Unfortunately, the MoU, when it went into effect, we briefly allowed them to sell their oil, and They sold 70 million barrels of oil and made $6 billion almost overnight. What did they do? They managed to sell down their oil storage, so they now have 70 million barrels more capacity. What I think we should do is a series of things. (12:31–12:39)

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