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David James

‘Um, actually’: Ted Cruz forced to backpedal after wrongly claiming communism tortured his dad in Cuba

Ted Cruz is arguably the most disliked man in the Senate, despised by both Republicans and Democrats alike. Even his theoretical ally Lindsey Graham didn’t mince his words in 2016 when he said: “If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.”

All of which means there’s been much jubilation after Tucker Carlson systematically dismantled Cruz in an interview on his show. Carlson didn’t pull any punches, exposing his fundamental lack of knowledge about Iran, and looked baffled as Cruz refused to say that Mossad spying in the United States is a bad thing.

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