Sen. Ted Cruz

And I think it's because they understand the threat of their neighbor.

And listen, when the Ayatollah says death to America,

I believe him.

I don't think those were empty words.

One of the reasons why I have been leading the fight to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is I believe the Ayatollah, if he had had a nuclear weapon, the odds are unacceptably high that he would use it.

Why do you say that, Senator?

Because he was a theocratic zealot.

who embraced a death cult that celebrates suicide.

So let's compare and contrast Iran to North Korea.

If you go back, let's go back to the Bill Clinton administration.

Bill Clinton administration was negotiating with Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un's dad, and cut a deal.

And they said, okay,

If you don't develop nuclear weapons, we will give you billions of dollars.

And Kim Jong Il said, great deal, happy to do it.

Well, what happened?

They took the billions of dollars, they turned around and developed nuclear weapons.

And now North Korea has nuclear weapons.

And they regularly threaten to use them.

They threaten to use them on their neighbors in Asia.

They threaten to use them on the United States.