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Tucker Carlson grills apologetic Ted Cruz for calling Jan. 6 ‘terrorist attack’

Updated: January 7, 2022 at 5:57 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Jan 7, 2022 – 3:56 pm EST

WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) apologized on Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson’s show Thursday evening for calling the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot a “violent terrorist attack,” a framing that played into left-wing narratives about not just individuals who broke the law last year but the much larger number of peaceful protesters at the event preceding it.

Last year, protesters broke into the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 after former President Donald Trump’s “March to Save America” rally, which was meant to encourage Republican lawmakers to delay the certification of electoral votes from a handful of states over concerns about vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Viral videos showed people engaging in physical altercations with police, pushing against security barricades, breaking through windows, trespassing in congressional offices, and climbing on walls, causing the vote certification to be suspended and lawmakers to be evacuated from the chambers. Other video, however, showed that many were let into the Capitol by police and simply walked the halls after the initial breach.

The hostilities began among people who either left Trump’s speech early or skipped it

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