It’s the way Carlson went about it.
Instead of a respectful discussion he opted for gotcha questions and behaving like a rude snotty little shit that kept interrupting Cruz when he was trying to answer his questions.
If he was trying to get a sitting US Senator to see his point of view he failed miserably because he was being a jerk.
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
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.