Posted on 06/18/2025 9:23:36 AM PDT by RandFan
WASHINGTON — Right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz in an interview and posted a clip Tuesday night in which the senator was unable to answer questions about Iran.
"How many people live in Iran, by the way?" Carlson asked the Texas Republican.
"I don't know the population," Cruz responded.
"At all?" Carlson asked, prompting Cruz to reiterate that he did not know. "You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple?"
Asked again how he did not know Iran's population, the senator responded, "I don't sit around memorizing population tables." (The CIA estimated in 2024 that the country's population level sits at around 88 million.)
The clip immediately caught fire online, with Carlson's post racking up more than 22 million views and thousands of comments, according to X analytics.
The clash underscores a broader split within the MAGA movement over U.S. involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran. One faction of the movement, including Carlson, has urged against U.S. intervention, painting the other side as "warmongers." The more hawkish faction, which includes Cruz, has forcefully supported the United States backing Israel's efforts.
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Cruz knows very well how many Americans have been killed or maimed by Iranian weapons and surrogates. That is all he needs to know.
Cruz should've said, "Asphinctersayswhat?"
Cruz, who I like, did not come off well.
Is that what you think?
I saw it a whole lot different.
Tucker sporting his new urinalist/analist “ gotcha” skin suit
Spit .
How many anti cruz posts are you gonna pimp out for Tucker ?
Saddens me to see a once credible guy go urinalist like that.
Carlson was loaded with gotcha questions.
Who gives a shit how many people live in Iran.
I’m really tired of Carlson. He’s turned into a smug little prick; maybe he always was one.
I’m sorry to disappoint you
> “How many people live in Iran, by the way?” Carlson asked the Texas Republican. <
Stupid question. The proper response: “Who the hell cares? It doesn’t matter.”
And here’s why it doesn’t matter. I trust Trump to make the right decision in regards to Iran. But would that decision change if Iran had 20 million more people? Or 20 million less?
Be looking for Tucker to be airing his show from the ditch next to Cindy Sheehan in a few days.
Tucker pulled a Margaret. It’s classic “gotcha”. VP JD would handle that better but Cruz let himself get blindsided.
I guess my first answer would’ve been “too many”, followed by “a lot fewer” if they keep messing with the USA.
“Good stuff. Senator Cruz @tedcruz
Genesis 12:3 is a promise to Abraham and his offspring. Fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:16.
The New Testament defines Israel as the Church, not some government established in 1948.
Mr. Cruz, the “religion” you’re quoting is Zionism, not Christianity.
https://x.com/WhitlockJason/status/1935370691370496411
On top of this is Romans 9:6-8, Gal. 2:16, 4:9, amd 1 Peter 2:9.
When people say there are Israelites in Israel I ask, “Which of them are the true Israelites of God, for St Paul wrote that mot all Israelites are of Israel”?
And were one to compare/contrast Jewish people (who have Jewish mims) amongst themselves, from their perspectives, whom adheres more to Judaism?
The Messianic Jew, who is often shunned in Israel by other Jews who have Jewish moms, who believes in Jesus and still adheres to the feast days, rituals, etc, or the Zionist who doesn’t even believe in God much less follows the Torah or adheres to the rituals and feast days (though not all Zionists are necessarily atheists)?
I live in Minnesota. I have no idea what the population is here. Cruz should have mentioned about a dozen countries and then asked Tucker to give the population of each one, not just Iran which Tucker researched just before this interview.
Maybe Mother Tucker is converting to Islam.
*Jewish moms
Ok Tucker knows the population...SO F&&king what?
The payoff to dominion disguised as a fine, Faux gleefully paid, was their (legal) way of funding Dominion.
Tucker Carlson is a two faced fraud.
I'm not disappointed, just curious.
I voted for Cruz in the primary , but pretty grateful Trump ( who I voted for in the general ) won.
This was beneath Tucker. I hope he pulls his head out soon.
I blame Dave Brat for infecting him with his antisemitic views in his interview.
In his Tucker interview, iirc, he blamed all histories woes on Protestants and Tucker gobbled it up like a turd eating dog,, not cared for either of them much since.
Both of them look like they jump from one side of the fence to the other depending on which way the wind blows them to and fro.
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