JUST IN: Ted Cruz Mercilessly Grills Biden Official On The Middle East: 'I Asked You A Question'
At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on the Biden administration's Middle East policy.
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She got no clue about the middle east...shame.
7 күн бұрын
She knows about lying, greed, corruption and pure bullshit.
@hggfhh4449
7 күн бұрын
That's the plan. It's been the plan since the 80s at least.
@ZyroPapuchon18
6 күн бұрын
Just wanted to share this. JESUS CHRIST died for you on a cross for our sins. 3 days after his death he resurrected and was, is, and will be The TRUE LIVING GOD. In a prayer repent from your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and also ask for the HOLY SPIRIT to come into you in that same prayer as well. Have FAITH in CHRIST. You could come to Jesus Christ as you are, but once you accept Him, you have to become new, change, and be born again, and turn away from all wicked ways. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. God Bless You. Praise only be to God. JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK SOON.
@ZyroPapuchon18
6 күн бұрын
@@hggfhh4449 Just wanted to share this. JESUS CHRIST died for you on a cross for our sins. 3 days after his death he resurrected and was, is, and will be The TRUE LIVING GOD. In a prayer repent from your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and also ask for the HOLY SPIRIT to come into you in that same prayer as well. Have FAITH in CHRIST. You could come to Jesus Christ as you are, but once you accept Him, you have to become new, change, and be born again, and turn away from all wicked ways. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. God Bless You. Praise only be to God. JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK SOON.
@ShaggyRogers1
5 күн бұрын
These people really want to gaslight the rest of the world and pretend that Hamas hasn't been flinging rockets into Israeli civilian centers for DECADES. Hamas has never recognized a cease-fire, and the "Palestinians" have REPEATEDLY broken every cease-fire and/or concession agreement ever sent their way. This is beyond the fact that the Gaza Strip and West Bank have NEVER been independent regions. They are just Islamists that refuse to live in a nation ran by Jews, and even their own former nations don't want them back.
She is evil.
@Stllno
9 күн бұрын
Incompetent at best!
@bobklahn42
3 күн бұрын
Because she speaks the truth?
Honestly there is not one competent Democrat, none.
@Kamdaddypurp69
8 күн бұрын
I’m not a democrat but I guarantee some are but they’re too busy catering to the radical lefties for votes. If these politicians weren’t so busy catering to radicals this country wouldn’t be such a mess.
@lloydchristmas1086
7 күн бұрын
They are an identity politics cult.
@elev8lounge44
7 күн бұрын
Nor rep ! Look at America N our quality of life! Suffered under both parties!
@netify6582
7 күн бұрын
I guess that's a strategy of the puppet-masters who installed these incompetent clowns into all important positions.
@before120
4 күн бұрын
I agree. They are so caught up in minority circus hires and virtue signaling based on hurt feelings they have lost all sound mind and principle that is if it was ever there to begin with.
Having that woman in charge of anything is truly frightening....
@sonice9020
8 күн бұрын
😱😱😱😱
@PistolPete2141
7 күн бұрын
Having women in charge of anything with this currwnt administration is frightening. All of the women Biden picked are incompetent, evil, or both.
@joybeum7177
3 күн бұрын
The Bribem administration always chooses incompetent people. Just look who they chose as VP!
@wmp7905
3 күн бұрын
The entire democratic party's actions are not only anti American but frightening beyond belief.
@misterbeeps
3 күн бұрын
Nobody voted for her, but she gets to take our money and lie to us.
This woman is an example of how inept and corrupt DEI is as a concept.
@hulknback3680
9 күн бұрын
She doesn’t know who could exchange money for funds to support Hamas and terrorism.
@therealking6202
9 күн бұрын
WTF does this have to do with DEI?
@simonfranklin7659
6 күн бұрын
100%
@KINGMARC0
6 күн бұрын
@@therealking6202 You must be a DEI hire if you doubt DEI hires.
@ZyroPapuchon18
6 күн бұрын
Just wanted to share this. JESUS CHRIST died for you on a cross for our sins. 3 days after his death he resurrected and was, is, and will be The TRUE LIVING GOD. In a prayer repent from your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and also ask for the HOLY SPIRIT to come into you in that same prayer as well. Have FAITH in CHRIST. You could come to Jesus Christ as you are, but once you accept Him, you have to become new, change, and be born again, and turn away from all wicked ways. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. God Bless You. Praise only be to God. JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK SOON.
Not one of these idiots ever take any blame.
@bucketboy12345
4 күн бұрын
For what ? ISREALI INTEL FAILURE ?
The sooner we get the stink out of the White House, the better.
@rodneywright3370
7 күн бұрын
As in “drain the swamp “. 🤔
@aaronmiles2802
7 күн бұрын
LOL, the sooner the American people addresses AIPAC’s and other “Dual Citizenship” NGOs influence on Congress, the rogue elements of its intelligence agencies and Mossad’s influence on congress’ senators directly, corporate lobbying from companies like BlackRock, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and their unholy relationship with the US military industrial complex. The “White House is only a symptom of a larger rot within the US that has been growing for the past 100 years. Then, the US would be on a path to healing as opposed to destabilising the Middle East to increase its influence through Israel and slowly imploding its own economy as a result of the Federal Reserve’s relentless printing and other nations increasingly dumping their US treasury bonds as a result of the US’ crazy desire to hold on to the current world hegemony system.
@elev8lounge44
7 күн бұрын
Our country is done! Both parties ruined America
@ouiroc
7 күн бұрын
Another vote for sooner
@Roxlocal69
6 күн бұрын
Just leave the white powder behind for me !
SEN TED CRUZ ALWAYS NAILS IT. THANK YOU SEN TED CRUZ FOR SPEAKING FOR US AMERICANS 🙏 GREATLY APPRECIATED
@before120
4 күн бұрын
wish Cruz would run for president!
@gp_ece
3 күн бұрын
Cruz has never "nailed it". Why are you falling for his grandstanding? Iran exported more oil under Trump than they do now. She is also correct that Hamas cannot be defeated by military action alone. They are a guerilla force embedded within the population with generally popular local support.
@bobklahn42
3 күн бұрын
@@before120 He's not a natural born citizen last I looked.
@bobklahn42
3 күн бұрын
He only became a US Citizen a couple years ago. He never served this country. I am sick and tired of the "heros" who never put the uniform on.
Traitors all of them
@bobklahn42
3 күн бұрын
Cruz never served, did you?
I still stand by my original comment from over 3 years ago ……….. Not a normal person IN THE ENTIRE BIDEN REGIME
@alecbarrett2248
9 күн бұрын
Thank you! I am so glad someone calls it the right way! There is no biden administration, it is a regime!
@ouiroc
7 күн бұрын
Fjb
@edldl1110
5 күн бұрын
Fuck yeah
@rickraybourn7456
3 күн бұрын
NIV Ecclesiastes 10: 2, 6 - 2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. 6 Fools are put in many high positions,
Thank you Senator Cruz for grilling this sad administration
@dg8676
3 күн бұрын
But what’s gonna come from that ? Want me to tell you ? Nothing 😂😂😂😂 nothing ever happens no accountability
@chard-richardsmaui
3 күн бұрын
That's nonsense 😮
@sheilapearson9251
3 күн бұрын
❤❤❤
@jackd.ripper3139
2 күн бұрын
@peterungaro194 PLEASE DONATE TO Sen.Cruz’ Campaign- I’m retired on a pension& i donated a lot that i really don’t have, cuz the DEMS are trying to win his senate seat🫤‼️PLEASE DONATE, please 🙏 ‼️
@jackd.ripper3139
2 күн бұрын
@@dg8676Please, then DONATE TO Senator Cruz’ campaign- The DEMS R TRYING TO ROB HIS SENATE SEAT w/ 100MILLION against him. Please donate if you can - i really can’t afford to … But i donated to him🇺🇸🇺🇸We CANNOT LOSE HIM❤️❤️
She loves the paychecks I'm sure. As always she KNOWS NOTHING & IS IN DENIAL
@irenesantos2205
8 күн бұрын
I agree, hope n pray they check her pocket🙏
@patriciaoaks4
7 күн бұрын
Vote her out
@shadowbeast2276
7 күн бұрын
@@patriciaoaks4 they'll just replace her with someone else like minded, & the circle continues
@ouiroc
7 күн бұрын
The Schultz defense
@shadowbeast2276
7 күн бұрын
@@ouiroc they all use it
She's so confident in her ignorance, eh?
Incompetence, incompetence, incompetence.👎🏼👎🏾👎🏼👎🏾👎🏼👎🏾
@kingjamesgorden3
7 күн бұрын
Sec/Energy-never worked in energy Sec/Labor-never owned a business Sec/Interior-never owned land Sec/Treasury-never worked outside of education or government. NO BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Sec/Land Management-eco warrior who sold out her friends to escape prison. Sec/Transportation-“pothole Pete” never worked in transportation These people they have chosen are for ideology, degrees, and because they will be yes people. Not for quality, not for experience, and NOT for the reason they will follow the rule of law.
Sick of these arrogant witnesses in front of our Congress
@pricetopay5152
4 күн бұрын
Sick of the arrogant useless congress in front of witnesses
who hires these geniuses.
@hollybizzle813
10 күн бұрын
Biden puts them in place without any votes
@louisegoins7630
10 күн бұрын
democrat leadership.
@2155raulito
9 күн бұрын
The idealist leftist. They lives in a different world.
@hollybizzle813
9 күн бұрын
No one…. Biden puts them in office with no voting
@rickseconds7676
5 күн бұрын
The @$$#ole Dems.
Lmaooo now they are using terms like 'black swan event' and 'psyop' publicly to try and normalize our guv fuckery
as always - another bullshit answer
@leonascott4499
8 күн бұрын
Only bs is from Rafael Cruz
At $175,000 plus extreme benefits per seat per year, the impotence is glaring
@Pinkcows
9 күн бұрын
Pathetic, she is ripping us off!!!! Bull crap on that!
Sir, I salute you ✋👌👊
FJB!
@joybeum7177
3 күн бұрын
Let's go Brandon!
I can't tolerate the Honorable in front of their names.
@nancyadams2309
7 күн бұрын
Yes, she’s not anywhere close to honorable.
Thank God for Ted Cruz
@theincantrix1144
9 күн бұрын
Yelling into a microphone for sound bites, is not accomplishing anything outside of fooling the idiots to praise them - on either side of the pretend aisle.
@tedbell4416
5 күн бұрын
@@theincantrix1144 yeah if he put a rainbow on you'd call it brave though
Dei incompetent hire that knows nothing
America, gonna wake the hell up???😳😳😳
EPIC CRUZ: "Impressive job Mr. Chairman, bang bang, you should not be frightened of these questions, Mr. Chairman.".
The 🤡administration
How in the world do these people get jobs. They argue that they have done the exact opposite of what they actually do. They are insane. When I listen to these hearings I feel like I am going insane.
@cliffordbuttle4529
8 күн бұрын
They get these jobs because they don’t have a clue what they’re doing 😱😱😱😱
JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!
@darrenrsmith7119
7 күн бұрын
Ok ok... I will go on a date with you, but you are paying 😁
@whutzat
6 күн бұрын
No because giving a straight answer would be a Black Swan event
@bucketboy12345
4 күн бұрын
Ted Cruz master of nothing but B.S.
Let's get the REPUBLIC of the USA back in order
@joybeum7177
3 күн бұрын
🇺🇲🇺🇲 TRUMP 2024 MAGA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
these DEI appointees are so incompetent they couldn't answer a question even if they wanted to
What is so HONOURABLE about this woman, how arrogant is she
@davidradovsky7405
8 күн бұрын
She spends a lot of time at the buffet.
@SteveBrownRocks2023
8 күн бұрын
She’s doing EXACTLY what she was appointed to do!
@davidradovsky7405
8 күн бұрын
@@SteveBrownRocks2023 blow up the Middle East?
Absolutely Brilliant Work Senator Ted Cruz!! Thank You Good Sir.
The sheer incompetence is staggering, this woman couldn't run a bath.
It amazes me how these officials double talk.
@trumanhw
3 күн бұрын
Orwellian.
Five minutes is not enough time for questioning. Especially when they filibuster in order to answer as few questions as possible.
@therealking6202
9 күн бұрын
He wasn't even letting her answer her just kept cutting her off.
@Cowboy_up429
9 күн бұрын
@@therealking6202Because she was avoiding the question! She was giving the answers Biden, the Clitons & Obama's told her to give. She was stalling and he got her to trip herself up and then she had to try and back peddle.
@therealking6202
9 күн бұрын
@@Cowboy_up429 I saw her answering the exact questions she was being asked, Ted just likes to perform. It's all an act, and you low information voters eat it up. BTW...are you capable of moving on? From Clinton and Obama? You really should get that checked out. It's not for your health.
@tammybaker6635
8 күн бұрын
@@Cowboy_up429 You are spot on!
@trumanhw
3 күн бұрын
but could you endure listening to dogmacrats for more than 5m?
left ear enjoyed this one....
@chrishill7797
9 күн бұрын
😂 thought it was just me that had gone deaf
She is a tragic example of incompetence - why are these people in this administration
@tinalinge2782
9 күн бұрын
The whole administration is incompetent. And it's purposeful.
@cherylkonopasek9582
7 күн бұрын
Because Biden didn't want to be alone in his delusional world.
She needs to report to prison now
So sad, So very sad.😢
Cumb dunt
@SmellsAddicted
10 күн бұрын
🐷 Latin 😂
@domone1201
10 күн бұрын
Ooh, I’m gonna use that. lol sucks not having free speech.
@trumanhw
3 күн бұрын
GOOD ONE!! You tricked the idiots! I LOVE IT. I have a few ... [EYE CUE] ... bc you can't mention it + certain other 13-percenters w/o getting deleted. tra ... knee ... bc using their terms infuriates & disgusts me do you check to see when your comments are deleted by the regime..? by resorting comments (top vs newest) so you dont have to reload the page ..? Bc they constantly delete things by dissidents. eg, if you mention 13-percenters and any kinds of specificity about crimes ... or even use the numbahs to discuss the rates of ... "inter-GROUP" bad things ... like, look up these two numbers: 537,204 out of 593,598 (They're literally all you need to search for)
Why are we paying these people?
„I love my job“ that is a hilariously inappropriate answer to such a question.
@before120
4 күн бұрын
oh its a biden admin virtue signal feelings answer that is for sure.
An udder disaster 🐮
@Moses1973
10 күн бұрын
LoL I caught that.
She/it is clueless. Wake up people
How can you have a series of "Black Swan events" Do we not have any intelligence on the area? Aren't we actively monitoring the region? It's admitting that you are clueless!!
@trumanhw
3 күн бұрын
when a _"bunch of very low probability events"_ keep happening, perhaps your concept of probability or your ROLE in them is WRONG ... ey!?
"I don't know" try that line at your job.
Totally Corrupt Makes Me Sick.
Who put this woman in charge? I literally wouldn’t say it if I didn’t believe it but I truly believe about 15-35M Americans could do a better job in that role then she does
Just another autocrat not capable of seeing a different point of view.
What is her job ???
The corruption runs deep....
These people just cannot answer a darn question!!!
"I love my job" translated "I love the money".
The only thing I heard was that she loves her job, and some dribbling about "black swans".....What a jokester....
Does the woman think funding hamas to put them in a position to attack Israelis is humanitarian aid? If you listen only to her answers that would appear to be her position.
@therealking6202
9 күн бұрын
Hahaha.... Did you even watch?!?!?!
Did she say she loves her job? What does that have anything to do with the question nor your performance?
Lady it’s really an easy question 😂😂😂😂😂
Lady in red is out of her mind
Can't Utilize Normal Thought
@spencerbowden2979
9 күн бұрын
Hahaha good one
She watched "Black Swan" the night before and decided that was the best thing to say constantly. Leaf is the example of what happens when you put people in place to check boxes rather than on their merits.
A Woman in charge of Middle East Relations. Just let that marinate.
Terrorists have kidnapped the right channel audio.
@markbuckley3661
9 күн бұрын
And I thought it was my hearing aids
Thank you Ted Cruz
Why can't they arrest these liers?
They never answer a direct question.
BS! 6:12 Palestine civilians support Hamas by around 80%. To say they have no culpability in this war is simply not correct and not fair.
I don't know whether to cry or laugh.
Good job Ted Cruz!!!
Wow, Just Wow
Simple math eludes these “degree ridden” (D). Energy Secretary-never worked in energy Transportation Secretary-“pothole Pete” Bureau of Land Management-eco warrior who sold out her friends to avoid jail Secretary of the Interior- never owned land Secretary of Homeland Security-a Cuban who told Cuban refugees fleeing communism in Cuba “do not come here, there is nothing for you here!” Secretary of Labor-never owned a business Head of DOJ-was rejected for a SC appointment for “lack of moral compass” and “troublesome record of bad decisions”. He also arrests pro life activists at 10x the rate, while allowing 22/23 violent events at pregnancy clinics to be committed by pro choice activists. Those are stats straight from his DOJ. These people are chosen for ideology, not experience or quality.
Well said ted bet she has never been spoken to like that.
Wow, Cruz absolutely grilled her.
The Bid3n admin is the time out regime. They never punish anyone, they simply send them to their room with billions of dollars.
Why dont they fire and imprison those lying incompetent people and give me the job(s) ? I'm honest and for America ! Gow do these people get these jobs ?
Great job Senator Cruz. God Bless you sir.
If you voted for Biden, you are RESPONSIBLE for this... I hope you've changed your views....
These people never own up to their mistakes
Ted Cruz is a Beast.......I'm very grateful for his work on my great state of Texas ❤
Strike #1
I don't even understand the point of these hearings. It's not like anyone is being held accountable for anything so what's the point of all this???
@WholeOfNothing
8 күн бұрын
Americans love their shows, because in the end it’s all it is…..a show.
I love my job, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do or what is going on.
I could watch Cruz and Hawley all GD day!
STRIKE #2
Clown show
And Now, the 'Petro Dollat Contracts' have Expired !
Why do we keep having these hearings that accomplish nothing
Why can't they just answer a f'---ing a Question.
No wonder our country is in trouble
She is just like the other Democrats Lie Lie Lie
She’s horrid
@lilyBeans-cz4rm
10 күн бұрын
So is he…!!
@juanacosta4328
9 күн бұрын
@@lilyBeans-cz4rmnot at all
Lying in Federal Court used to be a CRIME...
Where do they find these people... Craigslist personals😵
And this is who joey B puts in important positions within our government.......God help us. F.J.B.
@therealking6202
9 күн бұрын
FDJT. 34 Felonies.
@jjones5424
9 күн бұрын
@therealking6202 made up out of garbage, those 34 "felonies" will be overturned. But, the biden crime family will go to PRISON!!
So the big question is "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SENATOR ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO ABOUT IT??????Once again talk, talk, talk and no action is taken. That is what Americans are tired of all talk no action. Give her 5 years in Leavenworth for lying under oath.
This reminds of that scene from Office Space (1999) Where the Bobs are doing a interview .."What would you say you do here ?"
I’m speechless 😶
Love Senator Cruz!!! He fights for the people of America!!!
Production went up! Oh this is great. Gettem Ted😂
A simple question is asked and she says I don't understand the question and I don't know what the answer is...... 😮