![]() Let me tell you what I meant to say,” Cruz implored. “Tucker, as a result of my sloppy phrasing it’s caused a lot of people to misunderstand what I meant. And every word-you repeated that phrase, I do not believe that you used that accidentally. You take words as seriously as any man who’s served in the Senate. “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I’ve known you a long time since before you went to the Senate. “I don’t buy that,” the Fox star interjected. You told that lie on purpose and I’m wondering why you did.”Īfter saying he contacted Carlson the night before to ask to come on and tell his side, Cruz then claimed the way he phrased his words “was sloppy and frankly dumb.” Carlson, however, was having none of it. “And yet you call this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. And you never use words carelessly,” Carlson kicked off the interview. “There are a lot of dumb people in Congress. In a moment that evoked Cruz siding with Donald Trump in 2016 after Trump personally disparaged his wife and father, the Republican lawmaker appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to kiss the ring and beg the Fox News audience to forgive him. 6 a ‘Terrorist Attack’: ‘What the Hell Is Going On?!’ 6 and suggested the insurrection was a “false flag” orchestrated by federal agents, wondered “what the hell’s going on,” while accusing Cruz of “repeating the talking points that Merrick Garland has written.” Oh, how quickly they forget, right? Just 3 weeks later, Qevin McCarthy, another spineless jellyfish, was down at Mar-a-Lago, kissing Trump's ring.Īfter an exceptional montage, laying out what our future could be if we keep making excuses for Trump, if we allow MAGA Qanon freaks like Marjorie Taylor Greene and her twitter trolls to rise in Congress, we will end in dark times.Carlson, who has downplayed the violence of Jan. Then he played a montage of Republicans calling out Trump and the mob for their terrorist attack right after it happened. Some in the party used to tell the truth right after the Capitol attack. In the cult of Trump, truth telling will no longer be tolerated. But herein lies the problem for the Republican Party. I'll be buying.Ĭruz has repeatedly referred to January 6th as a terrorist attack. At this point, if Cruz wants to head to Cancun, I don't blame him. I know comparisons have been made to Reek from Game of Thrones, but I was thinking the gimp from Pulp Fiction. I do not believe you used that accidentally.ĬRUZ: So, Tucker, as a result of my sloppy phrasing, it's caused a lot of people to misunderstand what I meant.Īcosta pounced, immediately, and brilliantly.ĪCOSTA: That was a flaccid moment. You take words as seriously as any man that's ever served in the Senate. I've known you a long time since before you went to the Senate. When you aired your episode last night, I sent you a text shortly after and said I'd like to go on because the way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb and -ĬARLSON: I don't buy that. ![]() You told that lie on purpose and I'm wondering why you did.ĬRUZ: Thank you for having me on. Then, this FOX clip, where you can see Tucker pull out Cruz's spine through the back of his head, while doing that eyebrow/slack jaw thing where he looks like he just farted and can't tell if he pooped his pants at the same time:ĬARLSON: You called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. ![]() Tucker Carlson accused Cruz of lying, which makes sense as Tucker is an expert on this subject. That the attack on the Capitol was an act of terrorism. The same Ted Cruz who fanned the flames of the insurrection went on FOX to apologize for telling the truth. Risk their lives to defend the men and women who serve in this Capitol.ĪCOSTA: But for Cruz, a funny thing happened on the way to honesty. Who actually told the truth and paid the price.Ĭlip of Ted Cruz: "We are approaching a solemn anniversary this week and it is an anniversary of a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol where we saw the men and women of law enforcement demonstrate incredible incredible courage, incredible bravery. One thing we know is that the truth about the insurrection is still under attack. ACOSTA: We have spent a lot of time this past week talking about January 6th, but we haven't really addressed what comes next. ![]()
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