Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) insisted during an interview with CBS News Texas the attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas was “paid for by Joe Biden,” calling this “one of the most disturbing things” about the conflict.
“This terrorist attack, in a very, very real way, was paid for by Joe Biden and the Biden administration,” Cruz said. “In the last two and a half years, the Biden administration has flowed $50 billion to Iran.”
“There are four buckets of money that have gone to Iran, and Hamas works for Iran — Iran planned this attack. Iran funded this attack and Iran is directing this attack,” he said, before breaking down the four buckets.
Hamas’s terror attack on Israel was paid for by Joe Biden. In the last two and a half years, the Biden admin has allowed $50 billion to flow to Iran and hundreds of millions to Gaza.
That money went to fund Hamas’s genocidal terrorism against Israel and terrorist groups… pic.twitter.com/LIIAWGs8pM
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 15, 2023
The first bucket represents the $6 billion in Iranian assets Biden recently unfroze in exchange for five American hostages, which Cruz insisted only incentivized more hostage-taking. He named another $10 billion in released funds based in Iraq, before saying that when Biden took office he “stopped enforcing the oil sanctions” in place resulting in 2 million barrels of Iranian oil being sold daily.
“It is funding this war — that has been over $40 billion that Joe Biden has allowed Iran to make from oil sales,” Cruz said.
The fourth bucket is the Biden administration sending hundreds of millions of dollars to the Gaza Strip, with the senator saying that money would end up with Hamas and be used to “carry out acts of terror against Israel.”
“This was imminently predictable,” Cruz insisted.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the from X:
American elite fund China, and China provides funding to Iran, which, in turn, supports Hamas. Get it!!!
— Brian Costello (@bpcostello) October 16, 2023
Ted Cruz is spot on! #CruzCrew
— Michael Diaz (@MikeDiaz285) October 15, 2023
Good old Joe…and again we can count on him to always do the wrong thing.
— Jerry stidham (@Jerrystidham11) October 16, 2023
Hey America – How does it feel to be a state sponsor of terrorism?
It seems it doesn’t matter what he does but Joe Biden needs to be impeached!
— JayJay (@2Trump2024) October 16, 2023
— Veterans Taking Back (@VeteranTakeBack) October 15, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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