US EditionTucker Carlson Criticizes Ted Cruz's Biblical Justification for Supporting Israel: 'What Does That Even Mean?’
- On June 19, 2025, Texas Senator Ted Cruz appeared on The Tucker Carlson Show to discuss Israel, Iran, and potential U.S. intervention amid escalating tensions.
- The interview followed Israel's preemptive strike against Iran and unfolded as President Trump weighed joining the conflict, highlighting deep GOP divisions over intervention.
- Carlson pressed Cruz on his biblical basis for supporting Israel, questioning Cruz’s knowledge of the scripture context and Iran’s population, and challenging his conflation of biblical Israel with the modern state.
- Cruz referenced a lesson from his Sunday school days that people who show favor to Israel receive favor in return, while those who act against it face consequences, though he had difficulty clarifying whether this teaching applied to the biblical Israel or the modern nation.
- The exchange highlighted increasing divisions in the Republican Party between interventionist figures like Cruz and isolationist voices such as Carlson, underscoring ongoing disagreements over Christian Zionism and America’s approach to foreign policy.
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The MAGA divide over Israel is a test of maturity
The recent clash between Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over the Israel-Iran conflict isn’t just a Twitter skirmish. It’s a proxy battle highlighting a deeper divide within the MAGA movement. That divide cuts to the heart of competing worldviews, and I’ve spent much of this week on my show trying to make sense of it through a biblical lens.This internal debate isn’t a problem. In fact, it’s a strength. You’ll see it across Blaze Medi…
A Perfect Example Of The Misuse Of "Bless Those Who Bless Thee..." Concerning Modern Day Israel & Antisemitism » Sons of Liberty Media
In this episode, we’ll take a look at a few exchanges that occurred during Tucker Carlson’s interview with Senator Ted Cruz. During that interview, the subject of the Bible and Israel came up and, as always, someone misquoted Scripture to engage in an entire theology of why they think we must bless the modern state …
Ted Cruz says defending Israel is in the Bible, but Tucker Carlson asking for proof was the plot twist he wasn’t ready for
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ted Cruz may go down as one of the greatest pieces of entertainment of all time. Watching two fundamentally unlikeable guys just tearing each other apart is an experience like no other. While both men are Republican they have disagreed in the past and it seems they are disagreeing again now. Their last disagreement was over the Jan 6. Insurrection with Carlson echoing Trump’s lies while Cruz was the voice of reaso…
TUCKER: Is Modern Day Israel The Same As The Bible? (Ted Cruz Destroyed) * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah
Tucker Carlson's probing interview with Ted Cruz raises a critical question: Is modern Israel truly the same as the Biblical Israel? Join us as we dive into the nuances of faith, politics, and identity that this conversation uncovers.
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