{"id":2250359,"date":"2024-05-22T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-goes-off-on-blinken-during-hearing-makes-bombshell-accusation-against-biden-admin-you-funded-our-enemies\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:52:31","slug":"ted-cruz-goes-off-on-blinken-during-hearing-makes-bombshell-accusation-against-biden-admin-you-funded-our-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-goes-off-on-blinken-during-hearing-makes-bombshell-accusation-against-biden-admin-you-funded-our-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz accuses Biden Admin of funding enemies during Blinken hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-goes-off-on-blinken-during-hearing-makes-bombshell-accusation-against-biden-admin-you-funded-our-enemies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During\u2063 a Senate hearing, Senator Ted Cruz accused the Biden administration of funding America&#8217;s enemies, particularly Iran.\u200d The heated exchange \u200dwith \u2062Secretary of \u200dState Antony Blinken highlighted Cruz&#8217;s concerns over Iran&#8217;s support for terrorism and the\u2064 administration&#8217;s foreign policy failures. The clash escalated as Cruz criticized the administration for jeopardizing American\u2062 security. Great summary! It\u200d effectively \u2063captures the key points\u2062 of the original text in a concise and engaging manner.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 22, 2024 at 7:14am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A contentious exchange between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken exploded with a blistering accusation from Cruz that the Biden administration is funding America\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n<p>The outburst came during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tFAQDHRKkeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Appropriations Committee hearing <\/a>on Tuesday during which Cruz and Blinken jousted over Blinken\u2019s lack of a response to Cruz\u2019s question about how much oil Iran exports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t filibuster,\u201d Cruz said as Blinken spoke without giving Cruz a number, later cutting off Blinken by saying, \u201cI\u2019m not interested in speeches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz then slammed the Biden administration for cozying up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-slammed-issuing-odd-statement-iranian-presidents-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration desperately wants a new Iran deal. You have been showering cash on Iran from day one,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cBy refusing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-prices-dive-on-us-crude-build-and-china-concerns\/\" title=\"Oil prices dive on US crude build and China concerns\">enforce oil sanctions<\/a>, we have seen Iran\u2019s oil sales go from 300,000 barrels a day when you got into office to over two million barrels a day today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ted-cruzs-midnight-patrol-border-agents-haunting-isnt-compassionate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruz<\/a> then honed in on the connection between Iran and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFAQDHRKkeo?si=A-ahOPPmSXMgnrGV\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNinety percent of Hamas\u2019s funding comes from Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you agree with Ted Cruz?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn a very real sense, this administration, you and President Biden, funded the Oct. 7 attacks by flowing $100 billion to a homicidal, genocidal regime that funded those attacks,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat statement is profoundly wrong,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d Cruz shot back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even going to humor it. I think it\u2019s a disgraceful statement,\u201d Blinken responded.<\/p>\n<p>After some back-and-forth, Cruz offered his final judgment: \u201cYou\u2019ve funded our enemies, and you undermine our friends, and the world is much, much more dangerous as a result, and Americans are in greater jeopardy because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/icymi-cruz-blasts-secretary-of-state-blinken-over-biden-foreign-policy-failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, Cruz posted a comment he made to Blinken during the hearing in which he said, \u201cMr. Secretary, you have presided over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-outlets-ignore-biden-again-ditching-d-c-for-delaware-amid-afghanistan-crisis\/\" title=\"Media Outlets Ignore Biden Again Ditching D.C. For Delaware Amid Afghanistan Crisis\">worst foreign policy disaster<\/a> of modern times. When Joe Biden became president, he inherited peace and prosperity in the world. We now have two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-blasts-blinken-over-bidens-foreign-policy-failures-during-heated-senate-hearing\/\" title=\"Cruz criticizes Blinken for Biden's foreign policy failures in Senate hearing\">simultaneous wars waging<\/a>: the worst war in Europe since World War II and the worst war in the Middle East in 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth, I believe, were caused by this administration\u2019s consistent weakness. And indeed, your foreign policy is precisely backwards from what a rational American foreign policy should be,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our friends and allies, this administration has consistently undermined, weakened, and attacked them. And to our enemies, this administration has shown constant appeasement and indeed has flowed billions of dollars to the enemies of America who want to kill us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two men also sparred over the administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-betrays-voters-admits-obvious-truth-israels-conflict-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pause on weapons<\/a> Israel needs to root out Hamas from Rafah, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/21\/ted-cruz-antony-blinken-biden-admin-key-arms-shipment-israel-halted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, I was in Israel five days since Oct. 7. I\u2019ve been there seven times since. No one, starting with President Biden, has done more to make sure they have what they need to defend themselves from Hamas to deal with the threat that Hamas\u2019 poses,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is ludicrous! 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a fiery exchange, Sen. Ted Cruz accused the Biden administration of funding America&#8217;s enemies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. 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