Ted Cruz Plays to Sheldon Adelson on Israel and Iran

The Texas senator says he believes the Obama administration thinks it is "perfectly acceptable" for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

on March 2, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Photographer: Win McNamee
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Senator Ted Cruz is unabashed about his support for Israel and his contempt for Iran, and Monday he made sure that mega-donor Sheldon Adelson knows it.

A day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress the Texas Republican was the only lawmaker to join Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Holocaust survivor, in a Senate hearing room Monday for a panel discussion titled "The Meaning of Never Again: Guarding Against a Nuclear Iran."