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Ted Cruz: History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea.

On the recordJune 18, 2026
History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Warning against financial concessions to Iran.

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