Posted on 06/19/2025 6:43:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN
U.S. — In an explosive new interview, Tucker Carlson laid into Senator Ted Cruz for not knowing the name of the Iranian Ayatollah's favorite starter Pokémon.
The interview ranged in topics from Iran to Ukraine, but the most damning moment was when Carlson stumped Cruz with a simple question about Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's favorite starter.
"What's the favorite starter Pokémon of the ayatollah, by the way?" Tucker asked 90 minutes into their 2-hour interview.
Cruz, visibly caught off guard, was forced to admit he didn't know.
"At all?" Tucker pressed, incredulous. "You don't know the favorite starter Pokémon of the supreme leader you're trying to overthrow?"
Khamenei, an avid Pokémon fan, traditionally chooses fire-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Red he went with Charmander, but his absolute favorite is Chimchar, which first appeared in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl.
"How can you not know that?" Carlson asked.
"I don't sit around memorizing the favorite starter Pokémon of world leaders," Cruz said.
The interview got heated from there as Cruz and Carlson went at each other, accusing each of not knowing enough about Pokémon.
At publishing time, Senator Ted Cruz removed Tucker Carlson as a friend on his Nintendo account, essentially blocking him from ever trading Pokémon with him ever again.
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Carlson does seem to have gone ‘round the bend.
I think a lot of his motivation was nothing more than self promotion.
I’m watching it right now
He asks Cruz what does aipac do. Cruz tries to BS his way around it. Tucker won’t let him
He’s losing “the room”. DEMOCRATS are an evil plague on this nation. He should be going after them relentlessly.
And here the Bee thought they’d have no material now that Trump was elected president.
ROTFL! Love it.
Like I said, it’s the way carlson went about it.
His behavior ruined any chance he may have had of moving a US Senator to see his point of view......and that’s on him.
Tucker should be ashamed of himself laughing at Cruz for quoting scripture. Catholics are not exactly Bible scholars.
Tucker and Bannon are both off the Rez.
Sure thing skippy
Most of the public will not, but I'll bet members of Congress and others who might otherwise have considered going on his show will remember it.
The more Tucker is sidelined, the better.
Tucker’s question of Cruz was basically this stupid.
Tucker just apologized to Trump for going off on Trump, interestingly enough.
Thanks for posting!
LOL, no.
No one serious will ever bother to be interviewed by Chatsworth, er, Tucker, again.
You do know it’s a satire piece, right?
A little laughter inducement is more important than most FR posts.
Agree.....however, opinions on Carlson, AND Cruz for that matter seem to be split on this forum.
Like I said in a previous comment, if Carlson wanted to get his point across to a sitting US Senator he failed.
And, I’ve heard Carlson now has a feud going with Mark Levin as well.
Good grief, what’s up with this guy I wonder.
“ His behavior ruined any chance he may have had of moving a US Senator to see his point of view......and that’s on him.”
I don’t know your point here. Who is ‘his”? Who’s supposed to be moving anyone’s point of view?
Cruz works for Texans am the nation. Carlson works for his podcast
It is Cruz’s responsibility to be informative and act informed He was everything but
It’s Cruz’s role to be polite and answer questions
It’s carlsons position to ask.
Cruz works for us not the other way around. He’d better answer questions or step aside.
What has happened to TUCKER?
Why is Cruz quoting scripture?
I seem to recall a several years back when the “journalists” when interviewing conservative candidates were asking stupid questions like “Who is the Minister of Agriculture for Uzbekistan?” Of course they didn’t know the answer and the “journalist” would declare the candidate incompetent.
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