Ted Cruz went on Tucker Carlson’s show tonight to respond to the backlash he’s received over calling the January 6th capitol riot a terrorist attack and Carlson refused to give him a free pass.
Cruz admitted his words were sloppy and dumb, even telling Tucker they were a mistake.
But Tucker kept pushing back, even at one point saying “I guess I just don’t believe you.”
Watch below and see what you think:
Honestly, I do believe Cruz. While his words were intentional, that doesn’t mean that he meant them exactly the way they came out. And look, if he’s willing to admit he made a mistake referring to it this way, I’m good with that.
Ted Cruz is a great conservative Senator and there’s simply no reason to kick him to the curb over this. That’s just my opinion.
UPDATE: Ted Cruz just underscored some of what he said in the interview in a few tweets below:
Yesterday, I used a dumb choice of words and unfortunately a lot of people are misunderstanding what I meant. pic.twitter.com/vWCjFnA4t3
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2022
I was NOT calling the thousands of peaceful protestors on Jan 6 terrorists. I would never do so; I have repeatedly, explicitly said the OPPOSITE—denouncing the Democrats’ shameful efforts to do so & to try to paint every Trump voter in America as “terrorists” & “insurrectionists”
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2022
I was ONLY talking about the limited number of people who committed violent assaults on police officers.
For over a decade, I’ve referred to those who violently attack police officers as terrorists. If you assault a cop you should go to jail.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2022
The snippet from yesterday didn’t include my passionate & repeated defense of the patriots and peaceful protestors supporting President Trump. I’m sorry that that 20-second clip led so many to misunderstand what I was saying.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2022