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Ted Cruz Openly Calls For Assassination Of Foreign Leader
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September 27, 2015
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4:18Now PlayingTed Cruz has struggled to make much of an impression during the first two debates. But he got some of his swagger back at the Values Voter Summit, where he presumably felt a strong home-field advantage. He promptly used said swagger to call for the assassination of a foreign leader. Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), John Iadarola (Think Tank), and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) vowed to tear up the Iran nuclear deal on his first day in office and threatened to kill the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, if he’s elected president.
The religious conservative crowd at the Values Voters summit lustily cheered his bloodthirsty comments during his appearance Friday morning at the annual event.
Cruz said he would “rip to shreds” the agreement approved by Congress, and he threatened to kill Iran’s leader if he did not give up his nuclear ambitions.
“If the ayatollah doesn’t understand that, we may have to help introduce him to the 72 virgins,” Cruz said, as the audience cheered loudly.”*
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