Sen. Ted Cruz

A combination of military pressure, removing their ability to wage war.

What I have called for, I do not know if we're doing it, is arming the protesters.

And I'll give you a story as to why.

you know, 30 plus years ago when Tiananmen Square happened.

I remember at the time, right after Tiananmen Square, the NRA ran a full page ad in six U.S.

universities, newspapers, ran it in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and USA Today.

And the ad was just a giant picture of Tiananmen Square packed with people.

And I still remember the words.

The ad said last week over a million people rose up in protest in Tiananmen Square.

Imagine what would have happened if they had had guns.

Some are, and look, we don't have a precise measure on how many people the regime murdered anywhere.

The estimates range from 10,000 to 40,000.

It's certainly clear that they've killed many, but you've got a nation of 92 million people.

And look, I remember that ad about Tiananmen Square because I sat there and thought, you know what?

A million people rising up who are armed, that's not a protest anymore.

That's a revolution.

And the same would be true.

Look, part of why the regime was able to murder...

10 to 40,000 people is you had soldiers with machine guns and you had people on the other side with rocks.

That doesn't work when you have that kind of imbalance.