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Ted Cruz is clearly leaning their old feud Tucker Carlson to set the stage for a 2028 presidential bid, which would put him on a collision course with Carlson’s ally Vice President J.D. Vance, Axios reported on monday,
Carlsen sent message when asked about Cruz’s move Axios The effort was “hilarious” before going on to further mock the Texas Republican and 2016 GOP presidential candidate.
“Good luck,” the former Fox News star wrote. “This is my comment and heartfelt viewpoint.”
Months after confrontation with Carlsen in a heated two-hour meeting After the right-wing pundit was seen fuming over the “nasty, catty way” in which Cruz suggested he was an anti-Semite, the GOP senator has spent the past several weeks criticizing Carlson for giving a platform to notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Meanwhile, Carlson’s sarcastic interview with Fuentes has sparked an internal “civil war” within the Republican Party and an “open rebellion” at the major conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, which has seen a flood of resignations after its president initially defended Carlson.
In addition to treating the Holocaust-denying “Gropper” leader with kid gloves in last month’s podcast episode, which saw Fuentes complain about “organized Judaism in America,” Carlson also stoked anger among the Christian right and Jewish conservatives by denouncing Christian Zionism.
Cruz, a self-described Christian Zionist, was one of the earliest and most vocal conservative critics of Carlson’s interview with Fuentes, and he has used the growing controversy to stake a claim as “a traditional, pro-intervention Republican” ahead of 2028. In doing so, he has also called on his GOP colleagues not to force Carlson.
“My colleagues, almost to a person, think what’s happening is terrible, but a lot of them are scared because they have a big megaphone,” Cruz said in a speech at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Conference earlier this month.
During an appearance at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summitWhile Fuentes’s interview overshadowed the entire convention, the Texas lawmaker accused Carlson of spreading “a poison that is extremely dangerous,” while criticizing the ex-Fox host for not pushing back on Fuentes’s rhetoric.
“If you sit there with someone who says Adolf Hitler was very, very good, and his mission is to confront and defeat global Jewry, and you say nothing, then you are [a] Cowards and you are complicit in that evil,” he told the coalition earlier this month.
“We have a responsibility to speak out, even when it’s inconvenient,” Cruz said. Axios This week. “When voices in our own movement promote dangerous and misguided ideas, we cannot look the other way. I will not hesitate to call out those who use destructive, vile rhetoric and threaten our principles and our future. Silence in the face of recklessness is not an option.”
Of course, Carlson’s friendly interview with Fuentes—which was This was preceded by a dinner at which Carlson put his guest at ease And it’s the latest flashpoint for Cruz to discuss topics of discussion — once with the Fox News primetime anchor.
Cruz’s Controversial appearance on Carlson’s podcast in June came between The rift within MAGA Donald Trump’s support of Israel’s short-lived war with Iran, which culminated in US air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Carlson calls Trump in lead up to attacks “partner” Israel’s attack on Iran and warning that it could lead to “full-scale war” could harm the President Make fun of ex-Fox News host And name him “Kookie Tucker”.
During the interview, which Cruz later compared to a “bloodbath”, Carlson rebuked the senator for his aggressive stance toward Iran and open support for Israel.
“It’s very strange, the obsession with Israel,” Cruz grumbled at one point, infuriating Carlson. “It’s interesting that you’re trying to derail my questions by calling me an anti-Semite, which you are,” the conservative commentator fumed.
Cruz has been increasingly vocal about Carlson, who has been an influential voice in Trump’s inner circle and helped push the president to choose Vance as his running mate, leading GOP figures to take notice.
“Top Republicans say that by challenging Carlson, Cruz is endearing himself to powerful pro-Israel donors, who are angry at the podcaster’s embrace of Fuentes and worried about the GOP’s slide toward isolationism,” Axios informed,
Cruz has taken several early steps toward a presidential run, including hitting the speaker’s circuit, hosting a Republican donor retreat next year and endorsing candidates in down-ballot races. Additionally, he also hosts a podcast and a radio show Axios The note should help it build a small-dollar contributor base.
“Cruz will need to connect with Republican primary voters, who have largely abandoned their George W. Bush-era support for an interventionist foreign policy in favor of the more isolationist ‘America First’ approach favored by Carlson and Vance.” Axios Added.
While Cruz tries to exploit Fault lines in the MAGA movement For his own benefit in the Fuentes interview, Carlson is also making it clear what he thinks about the presidential hopeful.
“I have contempt for Ted Cruz,” Carlson explained. the new York Times recently“Not only in his public positions, but also in the way he lives his life,”