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Ted Cruz: “We should put the people leading the energy companies in…”

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Senator Ted Cruz Challenges Climate Homicide Theory in Senate Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

People who commit homicide get put in jails with violent criminals. And your position is this is a reasonable and rational thing, that We should put the people leading the energy companies in America producing 8.5 million jobs, we should arrest them and throw them in jail. Is that correct? It could be the case that some executives should be prosecuted in that way. Of course, you can't put a corporation in jail. (01:20–01:30)

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Asserts that energy company leaders, responsible for 8.5 million jobs, should be jailed.

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