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Ted Cruz: “When Joe Biden came into office, he inherited an Iranian…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Iran, China, and U.S. Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

Iran's oil sales fell from a million barrels a day down to 300,000 barrels a day. And the price of oil didn't move at all. It had essentially no impact on the global price of oil. When Joe Biden came into office, he inherited an Iranian regime. The economy was in free fall. The regime was, was, was teetering. And when he came into office, they were selling 300,000 barrels of oil a day. (02:03–02:10)

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Asserts that the Iranian economy was in free fall when Biden took office.

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