Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said during an interview this week that there was a serious chance the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization will release the remaining Israeli and American hostages that it has before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Cruz made the remarks during a Tuesday night interview with Sean Hannity after Trump warned that there would be hell to pay if the hostages were not released before he is sworn in.
The Texas senator, who just won his third term in the U.S. Senate in November, said that Trump would immediately get the situation on the border under control, unleash American energy production, lower inflation, and strike fear in the hearts of America’s enemies.
“And I’m going to make a prediction,” Cruz said. “I think there is a very real possibility that we will see the hostages in Gaza released on or before January 20th.”
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