The ridiculing of Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) groveling apology to Fox Information character Tucker Carlson for calling the U.S. Capitol rise up a “violent terrorist assault” persevered on Thursday.
Cruz will have attempted to cross off his complaint of the Donald Trump-incited rioters as “sloppy” and “dumb” to Carlson.
However as modern PAC MeidasTouch confirmed within the supercut underneath, it wasn’t the primary time Cruz has described the insurrectionists as terrorists:
The PAC additionally launched this video ― titled “Ted Cruz Is Pathetic” ― with an similarly blunt reminder of his previous feedback:
CNN’s Anderson Cooper, in the meantime, was once probably the most a lot of information anchors who mocked Cruz for debasing himself in entrance of Carlson, announcing he had “the backbone of a cantaloupe.”
MSNBC’s Pleasure Reid likened Cruz to “Recreation of Thrones” personality Reek:
Ari Melber, host of “The Beat” on MSNBC, known as it a “very unhappy interview” and “a brand new low” for the Texas Republican.
And Chris Hayes, additionally of MSNBC, defined how Cruz has a “well-established and well-documented factor for self-humiliation.”
