Video: Heated Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Go Toe-to-Toe Over Jan. 6 Disagreement: ‘That’s a Lie’
Tucker Carlson jabbed Ted Cruz Thursday night for a comment on the Capitol incursion, with Cruz trying to explain himself.
Jack Davis By Jack Davis January 7, 2022
Fox News host Tucker Carlson strongly criticized Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas Thursday night for using the word “terrorist” to describe protesters participating in the Capitol incursion.
During a Wednesday Senate heating, Cruz had called the events of last Jan. 6 a “violent terrorist attack on the Capitol where we saw the men and women of law enforcement … risk their lives to defend the men and women who serve in this Capitol,” according to the Texas Tribune.
Carlson criticized Cruz for the comment that night, prompting Cruz to appear on Carlson’s show Thursday night to respond.
“There are a lot of dumb people in Congress. You are not one of them. Smarter than I am. And you never use words carelessly,” Carlson said after the routine pleasantries were concluded. “And yet you called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. That’s a lie. You told that lie on purpose and I’m wondering why you did.”
Cruz began his response by saying, “The way I phrased things yesterday — it was sloppy and frankly, dumb.”
“I don’t buy that,” Carlson interjected as he brought Cruz to a halt. “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I’ve known you a long time, since before you went to the Senate. You were a Supreme Court contender. You take words as seriously as any man who’s ever served in the Senate. And every word; you repeated that phrase, I do not believe that you used that accidentally. I just don’t!”
“Tucker, as a result of my sloppy phrasing it’s caused a lot of people to misunderstand what I meant. Let me tell you what I meant to say,” Cruz said. “What I was referring to are the limited number of people who engaged in violent attacks against police officers. I think you and I both agree that if you assault a police officer, you should go to jail. That is who I was talking about.”
Cruz then tried to dig himself out of the hole his words had dug.
Time will tell, people are upset with him. Wonder if it is optics?
Tucker nailed it. It did not sound like a Cruz statement at all. As he was saying this statement it was a WTH moment for me. I am glad Tucker addressed this with such energy.
Part of getting the competition out of the way?
MSM can write/say: “Even members of President Trump’s own party, including highly respected Senator Ted Cruz, have depicted 1/6 as a terrorist attack. As the instigator of this attack, he should be held responsible and ineligible to run again for the highest office in the land.”
Hmmm…
You blew it, Cruz.