{"id":1195607,"date":"2022-01-07T00:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195607"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:04:33","slug":"ted-cruz-backtracks-on-claim-january-6-was-a-violent-terrorist-attack-during-confrontation-with-fncs-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-backtracks-on-claim-january-6-was-a-violent-terrorist-attack-during-confrontation-with-fncs-tucker-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Backtracks on Claim January 6 Was a &#039;Violent Terrorist Attack&#039; During Confrontation with FNC&#039;s Tucker Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-backtracks-on-claim-january-6-was-a-violent-terrorist-attack-during-confrontation-with-fncs-tucker-carlson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CruzCarlson-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Throughout the day on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had been the target of backlash for comments he made during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/ted-cruz-january-6-protests-capitol-hill-violent-terrorist-attack\/\">a Senate Rules Committee hearing<\/a> about the security lapses believed to have occurred at the U.S. Capitol that led to the riot on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz had said the event was a \u201cviolent terrorist attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe 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 courage, incredible bravery, risk their lives for the Capitol,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on FNC\u2019s \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight\u201d on Thursday, Cruz answered for those comments, calling them \u201csloppy\u201d and \u201cdumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, thanks so much for coming on,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cThere are a lot of dumb people in the Congress. You are not one of them. I think you\u2019re smarter than I am. And you never use words carelessly. And yet you called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. That\u2019s a lie. You told that lie on purpose, and I\u2019m wondering why you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWell, Tucker, thank you for having me on,\u201d Cruz replied. \u201cWhen you aired your episode last night, I sent you a text shortly thereafter and said listen, I would like to go on because the way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy, and it was frankly dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson interrupted the Texas U.S. Senator, expressing his disbelief about Cruz\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t buy that,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cI\u2019ve known you a long time since before you went to Senate. You were a Supreme Court contender. You take words as seriously as any man who has ever served in the Senate. And every word you repeated that phrase, I do not believe you that used that accidentally. I just don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz repeatedly claimed the comments were \u201ca poor choice of words.\u201d However, Carlson continued to say he did not believe Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I just don\u2019t believe you,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cAnd I mean that with respect because I have such respect for your acuity and your precision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jeff_poor\">@jeff_poor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the day on Thursday, Sen. 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