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Ted Cruz: “You take out the bridges and the ability to move, the…”

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

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I'm pretty sure the name of the show is behind me there, but we just keep going. There we go. You know, pot, pot, meat, kettle. But look, You take out the bridges and the ability to move, the military to move, but anyone else to move, you basically shut down commerce in the country. That puts enormous economic pressure on the country. Look, my hope is that the end game on this is the people rise up and say, enough with these crazy mullahs. (13:42–13:52)

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Asserts that destroying bridges in Iran would shut down commerce by hindering movement.

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