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Wow: Tucker just confronted Ted Cruz over calling Jan 6 a "violent terrorist" attack
twitter ^ | Jan 6 | Tucker Carlson

Posted on 01/07/2022 1:11:14 AM PST by RandFan

Wow. Tucker Carlson just confronted Ted Cruz @tedcruz over calling Jan 6 a "violent terrorist" attack.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: deepstate; deplorables; didyousearch; nazi; terrorists
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Tucker is a gem.

Also, Ray Epps gets a mention.

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1 posted on 01/07/2022 1:11:14 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Iā€™m so mad! Directv didnā€™t record the show from January 6th! šŸ¤¬


2 posted on 01/07/2022 1:19:51 AM PST by Prince of Space ( Letā€™s go, Brandon! )
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To: RandFan

From the spectacle I saw on 1/6 (the other day that will live in infamy...) Congress wants their own special victimhood too.

And that sickening thumb sucking fetal position tells the world what this (a nation who has become nameless) Gov’t has become.


3 posted on 01/07/2022 1:21:40 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: RandFan

He came on Tucker, obviously panicked, and Tucker finished him off last night.


4 posted on 01/07/2022 1:50:44 AM PST by 4Liberty (Let's go Brandon šŸ‘ ...šŸ‘ ...šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘ https://youtu.be/qr_F_XQrukM?t=1)
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To: RandFan

Too late Teddy.

We watched you genuflect to the Deep State and won’t forget it.


5 posted on 01/07/2022 1:50:53 AM PST by lizma2
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To: 4Liberty

Yeah tucker was firing REAL bullets and Cruz was doing a tap dance.

I’m a ted cruz fan but he really bit off his tongue this time.

Sloppy language indeed!


6 posted on 01/07/2022 2:17:21 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: RandFan

Tucker Carlson is an American Treasure.


7 posted on 01/07/2022 2:22:06 AM PST by rhinohunter (ā€œBeing woke means youā€™re a loserā€ ā€” Donald J. Trump)
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To: RandFan

Ratchet the pressure up enough and some Republicans fold. Cruz yesterday. Lindsey Graham on 1-6-21 and shortly thereafter. Pence as Governor of Indiana when Apple threatened a business boycott. Kristi Noem initially over transgender athletics. Bush 43 9-11-21 speech. Romney. Asa Hutchinson. Trumpā€™s spine is rare among Republicans. DeSantis acts like he has one too.


8 posted on 01/07/2022 2:34:27 AM PST by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: RandFan
Ted Cruz is tone deaf. During the 2016 Pubbie debates he tried to zing Trump for having "New York values", as if he had just dropped a bomb on Trump. This was just before the NY primary, and as I was watching with a few conservative friends, I said that Cruz has just lost the NY GOP primary with that stupid remark, as well as probably Connecticut and New Jersey as well.

Politics may be a dirty business on the inside, but on the outside you *don't* insult the people who's votes you're trying to obtain.

Just pure stupidity on Cruz's part, and he still hasn't learned .... Tone Deaf

9 posted on 01/07/2022 2:34:33 AM PST by Mr_Moonlight (Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
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To: RandFan

Said this yesterday and after watching the interview when honestly he did get some sympathy from Tucker, something is happening behind the scenes and it is not good. 11 other Senators potentially could be charged? Do we essentially have the threat of a political purge going on. It would make sense in fact, a lot of sense especially if the ‘democrats’ know the red wave is coming in the fall.

The people they are holding right now are small fish. They really do not care about them other than for whatever theatre they can use them for. They are being used as bait. Always, always remember who they are trying to stop, Trump. Consider for a moment the strategy they are using, so many times we Republicans fail to see their long-game until it is too late.

I said it yesterday and I will say it again, Ted Cruz doesn’t say things on accident. 11 other Senators stood with Cruz on Jan. 6th to question the vote. Imagine losing those 12 to this witch hunt and them falling under the Patriot Act. All of them, their families, their contacts, their aids all removed. Imagine how much power, the chilling effect, a threat against an opposition party like that holds at that level.

I do know if Ted Cruz has flipped, but he doesn’t mistakenly get sloppy with wording or phrasing.

From Yesterday:

Something happened behind the scenes we are not privy too.

Cruz knows words have meanings. Sitting here listening to the Clay & Buck show as well and the caterwauling about these people being detained so long without bail or trial dates.

Check the language they use regarding these people and the ones they plan to round-up.

Terrorist

It is really, really important to understand what they are signaling.

Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the definition of terrorism to cover ā€œā€domestic,ā€ā€ as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act ā€œdangerous to human lifeā€ that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.

Now somewhere in the back of my mind...I seem to recall they can ā€œdetainā€ these ā€œterroristsā€ as long as they feel they need too. I am thinking that little nugget was in the NDAA a few years back and likely still there. We old FReepers made a fuss about it at the time.

Right now these people or the few that have been charged so far got slaps on their hands. Did Ted Cruz use terrorist and believe it or was he signaling how the next round of arresting charges were going to be prosecuted? Did he find himself on the receiving end of a threat of ā€œdomestic terrorismā€ charges?


10 posted on 01/07/2022 2:34:58 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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Ugh...I don’t know.


11 posted on 01/07/2022 2:37:03 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: RandFan

Cruz = Hindenburg

Oh the huge-manattee


12 posted on 01/07/2022 2:57:52 AM PST by MachIV
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To: EBH
A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act ā€œdangerous to human lifeā€ that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States,

(breaking into the Capitol, fighting with police, trespassing) Once they breached the building they can be considered terrorists. If it had been BLM, we would be demanding a similar investigation. What happened last year essentially gave them what they wanted (orchestrated) and the people who participated in it were incredibly stupid.

if the act appears to be intended to: Check

intimidate or coerce a civilian population; check

(ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or check

(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.the now infamous photo of the guy with the zip-tie handcuffs that were conveniently left just laying around at the time.

Days afterward we watched as fencing went up, National Guard called out and every single one questioned to examine for 'extremist' views.

Look, I do not care if you like or not what I have written here. But we are moving into a time where things are going to start happening that we do not understand. At times we will not be able to tell friend from foe.

13 posted on 01/07/2022 3:01:16 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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I don’t doubt it Rhino. He is covering stuff NO ONE else does.

Apart from the election swindle where all the hosts were threatened with their jobs he is the gold standard IMO


14 posted on 01/07/2022 3:07:16 AM PST by RandFan
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To: EBH
Ted Cruz doesnā€™t say things on accident...I do know if Ted Cruz has flipped

Ted Cruz has consistently called attacks on police "terrorism". Saying he "flipped" is nuts. So its much to do about nothing.

"Ted Cruz convenes Senate hearing on Antifa ā€˜terror attacks"

https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/ted-cruz-convenes-senate-hearing-on-antifa-terror-attacks/

15 posted on 01/07/2022 3:33:27 AM PST by tlozo
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To: RandFan

Ted reached out to appear on Tucker because he didn’t expect the backlash and needed a way to walk back his “terrorist” comment. Tucker was having none of Ted’s excuses, and had him groveling.

The Ray Epps part was gold. Ted will get to the bottom of the Ray Epps mystery when Lindsey Graham gets to the bottom of Obamagate.


16 posted on 01/07/2022 3:51:20 AM PST by throwthebumsout
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This really bums me out. Ted Cruz just had his ā€œMacacaā€ moment. Heā€™s a major conservative player from Texas and that sound bite will haunt him and us forever


17 posted on 01/07/2022 3:55:10 AM PST by albie
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Catt*rd goes for the throat

Asterisk mine.

18 posted on 01/07/2022 4:03:16 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: EBH

I have never particularly liked Cruz (a little too self-righteous), but heā€™s a smart man and in general heā€™s pretty good. I love his tweets because can be devastatingly witty in his remarks about Dem lunacy.

But sometimes he seems to back down in the face of the Dems and itā€™s as if he wants to prove to them that heā€™s just another spineless GOPer after all.

I think itā€™s very possible that he and other Senators and Reps who seemed to have been supporters of questioning the 2020 election but have come out with stupid statements about Jan. 6 recently are genuinely afraid that the Dems will try to accuse them of terrorism and prosecute them. I donā€™t think thereā€™s any way that this would be Constitutional or go very far, but it would certainly be an unpleasant situation that would bog down everything else and impact the elections.

However, one thing he should know by now is that there is no reasonable approach in dealing with the Dems because theyā€™re not rational and in fact they donā€™t even pretend to be. They know that their insane claims about Jan 6 are hyperbole and are intended solely to inflame their base (the media). Appearing to agree with them was a big mistake, even if he simply meant it to show that he was being evenhanded. He had declared Antifa riots to be terrorism, and I guess he wanted to show that he considered any riots to be terrorism, more as an expression of non-partisanship than anything else.

Cruz can redeem himself, however: heā€™s at least tried to call attention to the plight of the people arrested (and in some cases, held for months without charges) because of supposed connections to Jan 6, and he should pursue this. He should be demanding a genuine examination of the events of that day, and genuine accountability from Pelosi and the Capitol Police. Then maybe people would forget this stupid statement.


19 posted on 01/07/2022 4:07:03 AM PST by livius
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That was amazing. Cruz looked like he was trying hard not to cry.


20 posted on 01/07/2022 4:08:13 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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