Cruz, presented by Carlson as "smarter than me," called his own remarks "dumb and sloppy" and announced he texted Carlson shortly after and asked to go on the show.
Carlson didn't believe it, going on with his line of objection from Wednesday night, where he announced: "He doesn't use a single word by accident. Every word Ted Cruz uses is used intentionally. He's a lawyer."
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"I don't buy that," Carlson told Cruz Thursday. "I've known you a long time since before you went to senate. You were a supreme court contender. You take words as seriously as anyone in the senate. I do not believe you use that accidentally. I just don't."
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'Tucker, as a result of my sloppy phrasing it's caused a lot of people to misunderstand what I meant," Cruz replied. "What I was referring to are the limited number of people who engaged in violent attacks against police officers."
"I think you and I both agree that if you assault a police officer, you should go to jail. That is who I was talking about."
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"I drew a distinction - I wasn't saying the thousands of peaceful protesters supporting Donald Trump are somehow terrorists," Cruz continued. "I wasn't saying the millions of patriots cross-country supporting trump are terrorists, that is what a lot of people misunderstood."
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Carlson argued that Cruz "doesn't make sense." While he agreed you should go to jail for assaulting a police officer, he still didn't understand why Cruz described them as "terrorists."
"You're playing into the other side's characterization that allows them to define an entire population as foreign combatants and you know that, so why'd you do that?"
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Cruz insisted that he has a long history of calling anyone who attacks police officers terrorists and was merely being consistent.
"That being said, it was a mistake to say that yesterday and the reason is what you said: is that we've had had a year of Democrats and the media twisting words and trying to say that all of us are terrorists. Trying to say you are a terrorist. I just don't like people who assault cops."
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Carlson replied by stating "I guess I just don't believe you and I mean that with respect because I have such respect for your acuity and precision. You have sat there for a year and watched people use language to distort the events of that day."
"I was focusing on what I normally say is violence is wrong, peaceful protest is right. If you engage in violence you should be prosecuted, if you're speaking, you have a right to speak."
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