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Ted Cruz: “We do have massive sanctions [on Venezuela].”

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

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Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Discuss US Foreign Policy, Iran, and Israel

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

We've been trying to kill Maduro. We have, and I think you know that and I don't know that. Okay, well, as a statement of fact, we have. So We do have massive sanctions [on Venezuela]. We tried to pressure him out of all. Yeah, I'm not aware of. I'm just saying there's a lot of pressure coming from various parts of the US Government on that government. (01:07–01:10)

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