Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) went on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Thursday to apologize for calling Jan. 6 a ‘terrorist attack.’
Cruz told Carlson that the comments he made on the eve of the one year anniversary on the attack during a Senate hearing were “sloppy” and “frankly dumb.”
“I don’t buy that. Look, I’ve known you a long time since before you went to the Senate,” Carlson said. “You were a Supreme Court contender. You take words as seriously as any man who’s ever served in the Senate.”
Cruz explained that his comments were referring to those who attacked police officers on Jan. 6 and not the “thousands of peaceful protesters” supporting Donald Trump in Washington D.C.
However, the Fox News host who believed the government orchestrated Jan. 6 to prosecute conservatives, still was not buying it.
“What you just said doesn’t make sense,” Carlson said. “So if somebody assaults a cop, they should be charged and go to jail. But that person is still not a terrorist. How many people have been charged with terrorism on Jan. 6?” Carlson asked.
He accused Cruz of “playing into the other side characterization” that allows them to “define an entire population as foreign combatants.”
Cruz saw an out and took it, accusing Democrats and the media of “twisting words” to accuse all Trump supporters of being terrorists.
“I agree it was a mistake to use the word yesterday, because the Democrats and the corporate media have so politicized it,” Cruz said.
