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Ted Cruz: “We've apprehended the hitmen and prosecuted them. You can go…”

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

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If they did actually hire hitmen to kill President Trump, then we should nuke them. It's like, no, no, we shouldn't nuke them. That's actually crazy. It is a fact. And by the way, We've apprehended the hitmen and prosecuted them. You can go read the indictment of the hitmen hired by Iran to kill President Trump. And they were not subtle about it. The IRGC put out an animated video of a drone coming to Mar a Lago and killing President Trump. (28:00–28:09)

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