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Ted Cruz: “When [Maduro] was arrested, he was surrounded by about 100…”

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To. How to turn a liberal democracy into a communist state. Yes. And so you look, When [Maduro] was arrested, he was surrounded by about 100 Cuban soldiers. It was Cubans who were guarding Maduro. They were. And, and when we arrested Maduro, what that did is it removed the lifeline of oil that was coming to Cuba from Venezuela. (00:50–1:03:21)

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