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Does Ted Cruz actually believe what he says?

Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:32 am
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71315 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:32 am
Ted Cruz 2012, 2018 and 2024 voter here.

I find it hard to believe that someone who is a seasoned debater and someone who is as intelligent as Ted Cruz is, could look so foolish when asked simple questions about his positions. Leading to two/three possibilities in my mind:

A: He doesn't ever challenge his own belief system and thus is not ready to actually defend his position.
B: He has gotten intellectually lazy and resorts the mudslinging and rehearsed talking points. (Somewhat combines with option A)
C: He has been completely consumed by the swamp.
Posted by Wellborn
Cypress, TX
Member since Oct 2014
4830 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:35 am to
Those weren’t “simple questions.”
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
15794 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:38 am to
A,B, & especially C are all true.
Posted by ApexTiger
cary nc
Member since Oct 2003
55966 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:39 am to
If you are talking about teh debate with Tucker

I watched the entire thing last night

I thought he handled himself better than Tucker did and I like Tucker, but that interview wasn't a good look for him..

He took offense to everything and it was obvious Ted was just trying to have a conversation and explain his positions, and then Tucker kept on with this antics that was designed to annoy Ted and throw him off

I thought Ted explained his position on foriegn policy pretty well...

he explained the two camps in Washington and he said "both are wrong"

you need to be a hybrid on any position because every situation is complicated
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71315 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:43 am to
quote:

I thought he handled himself better than Tucker did and I like Tucker, but that interview wasn't a good look for him..


Interesting. I had the exact opposite takeaway.

However, I had a bad taste in my mouth early on when Cruz kept talking about how we shouldn’t have mandated the jab in DC schools “Because 44% of the unvaccinated were black students.” As if the merits of an experimental vaccine mandate should be dependent on the demographics that are impacted.
This post was edited on 6/19/25 at 7:44 am
Posted by AUJACK
Member since Sep 2020
1001 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:46 am to
Ted Cruz would eat your arse up in a debate. What else do you have chief?


Posted by MsState of mind
State of Denial
Member since Aug 2013
2726 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:48 am to
I watched it all too. I like both but didn’t think that was the best from Tucker.
Posted by Samso
nyc
Member since Jun 2013
5028 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:50 am to
quote:

Those weren’t “simple questions


They were pretty basic questions but they NEVER get asked in an interview
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71315 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:50 am to
I don’t know brother. Seems like all that I have to do is ask a couple prodding questions about his foundational beliefs before he lashes out and calls me an anti-semite or Russian sympathizer.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
10137 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:50 am to
shite no. He’s an evil liar.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15550 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:58 am to
quote:

Ted Cruz would eat your arse up in a debate. What else do you have chief?

That Tucker interview made him look very vulnerable in a debate.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
85422 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:59 am to
Tucker was saying some mis truths as fact.

Like trying to kill Maduro.






Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
16259 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 7:59 am to
Tucker really came off as unlikeable.


He tried to insinuate that Cruz was bought and paid for by Israel, then flips out in faux outrage that Ted called him an “antisemitist”, which he didn’t.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
10137 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Ted Cruz would eat your arse up in a debate. What else do you have chief?

Ted proved he knows talking points & the reason he ran for Senate was to support Israel.

I bet they chose him for the Senate.
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71315 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:10 am to
quote:

He tried to insinuate that Cruz was bought and paid for by Israel,


That’s fair. He did definitely present questions in that manner in regard to AIPAC. However Cruz did himself no favors when it came to downplaying AIPACs relationship with Israel as well as being unable to simply say “They shouldn’t be spying on us.”


quote:

then flips out in faux outrage that Ted called him an “antisemitist”, which he didn’t.


To be fair that is absolutely what Cruz was implying when he said “Everyone wants to talk about ‘The Jews’”
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
4120 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:11 am to
quote:

have a conversation and explain his positions,


Positions which are formed thru a basis of knowledge that he doesn't possess.
Which means he was told what his positions are, by someone else.

Sure, Ted just wants to skim over stuff, and hold a "conversation ".

Example...you can't say "we'll pay for that new road with a parish tax" and not know how many taxpayers are in the parish

Don't quote scripture to try and garner religious support, and not know a general location of your foundational information

Basically, Tucker is showing the world that these clown get talking points, repeat them, but dont possess true knowledge of their words
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
7226 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:12 am to
That Tucker interview was brutal. If you gloss yourself as a politician who uses the Bible to support your positions and you’re going into an interview about those very positions, you better know what the fvk you’re talking about. He’s a typical evangelical cultural Christian who can’t recall at will nuances, verses and sections and interpretations of God’s word to bolster what you say.

“I learned in Sunday School when I was growing up you’ll be blessed if you support Israel.”

So you haven’t opened a Bible since you were 10. And then there was the lack of facts about Israel in general, population, borders, etc. You're a fvkn US Senator.

Weak.
This post was edited on 6/19/25 at 8:22 am
Posted by FTBLFN
Nashville, TN
Member since Jan 2010
5446 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:14 am to
He’s owned by aipac.

He was cornered and struggling.

He’s a POS.
This post was edited on 6/19/25 at 8:16 am
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
35450 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:15 am to
Ted is part of the problem, as are most of these fake fricks.
I voted for him, too. twice.
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
16259 posts
Posted on 6/19/25 at 8:16 am to
quote:

To be fair that is absolutely what Cruz was implying when he said “Everyone wants to talk about ‘The Jews’”


Even if that’s what Cruz implied, it’s still a bit hypocritical for Tucker to call him a “sneaky feline” or something like that for backhanding his way into an insult when Tucker started it by doing that exact thing.
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