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Ted Cruz: “We ought to be arming rebel groups in Iran to topple the…”

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Published | Video Starts at 27:10

When Erdogan came to D.C. and met with President Trump in the Oval Office, and the President had me and four other senators, we were in about a two and a half hour, three hour meeting with Erdogan. At the end of the day, We ought to be arming rebel groups in Iran to topple the regime. We're not going to send our sons and daughters to bleed and die for it. (27:10–27:15)

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Advocates for arming Iranian rebel groups to overthrow the regime.

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