MSNBC’s Ari Melber known as out Ted Cruz ― or, somewhat, let him name himself out ― as he in contrast audio of the Texas Republican’s scheming within the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, revolt to his personal previous feedback on Donald Trump. (See the video under.)
Melber’s present has has been airing recordings over the previous week that characteristic the senator’s conversations with Fox Enterprise host Maria Bartiromo. The recordings have been shared with MSNBC by ex-Fox Information producer Abby Grossberg, who's suing her former employer.
One recording from Nov. 7, 2020, featured Cruz’s name for “demonstrable info that may be laid out with proof” within the wake of Trump’s election fraud claims, whereas one other recording from Jan. 2, 2021, featured Cruz discussing a plan for a “fee” to invalidate Trump’s election loss.
On Wednesday, Melber performed these clips ― after which stacked them up in opposition to different feedback from Cruz.
“It's no shock that Donald is throwing one more mood tantrum or, should you like, one other Trumper tantrum. ... Donald finds it very exhausting to lose,” Cruz stated in a single clip from February 2016.
Against this, Cruz stated within the 2021 recording that a Joe Biden presidency can be unhealthy, as a result of it will imply “half the nation [would] imagine that they stole the election and it was illegitimate.”
Melber in contrast one other 2016 clip, this one among Cruz calling Trump a “pathological liar,” to a recording the place he advised Bartiromo that outcomes from the “fee” would play a job within the 2021 presidential inauguration.
After airing the clips Wednesday, Melber declared: “That is Senator Cruz.”
“These are his phrases,” he stated. “I can’t say they’re his truths as a result of they’re not all constant. If you recognize something about fact, proof or logic, you possibly can’t have two reverse issues be true on the similar time, however they're his Cruz-isms.”
“Warning Trump was a liar,” Melber added. “Warning, after Trump misplaced in 2020, that you simply want precise info and proof.”
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