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Ted Cruz: “When Joe Biden came in, he gave a multibillion dollar gift…”

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

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Ted Cruz: Dems need to have their 'head examined' if they're on the wrong side of this

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

I wrote those sanctions into law. I'm the author of that legislation. Donald Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law and shut down that pipeline that prevented war. When Joe Biden came in, he gave a multibillion dollar gift to Vladimir Putin and that caused the war in Ukraine. My hopes and prayers are with Donald Trump in Alaska over the next couple of days. I think President Trump is trying very, very hard to end this war. (01:22–01:29)

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Asserts that Biden's actions gave a multibillion-dollar benefit to Putin, leading to the Ukraine war.

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