AUSTIN (KXAN) — In an interview Thursday on Fox News, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walked back a statement he made Wednesday after he referred to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots as a “violent terrorist attack.”Cruz told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that people misunderstood and misrepresented what he said. “I’m sorry that 20-second clip led so many to misunderstand what I was saying.”Cruz said he “made a mistake” calling it a terrorist attack, and was only refering to the people who assaulted police officers during the melee. For over a decade, I’ve referred to those who violently attack police officers as terrorists. “You never use words carelessly,” Carlson began, “and yet, you called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. It’s not the first time Cruz refered to the riots as terrorist attacks.

Source: Fox News January 07, 2022 17:46 UTC