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Ted Cruz: “We did the same thing to Gaddafi in Libya. He was killing…”

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

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Gerard Baker in Conversation with Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 07:39

He was killing terrorists. We came in and toppled him and the terrorists took over and began killing Americans. That didn't make us any safer, by the way. We did the same thing to Gaddafi in Libya. He was killing terrorists. We toppled him. The terrorists took over, began killing Americans. I think Iran is fundamentally different because the Iranian regime was already killing Americans. They were funding terrorism. The Ayatollah hired two teams of hitmen to try to murder President Trump and. (07:39–07:46)

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Asserts that the U.S. intervention in Libya led to terrorists taking over and killing Americans.

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