Overview

• Speaking Wednesday at the Heritage Foundation, Cruz accused Carlson of adopting anti-Israel arguments and said, "This is bizarre. This is ridiculous."
• Cruz warned of rising antisemitism on the right and said he is particularly concerned about young conservatives embracing anti-Israel sentiment.
• He criticized Carlson’s program for hosting Holocaust revisionists and for content questioning whether Hamas is a terrorist group.
• The Anti-Defamation League has described Carlson as a key promoter of the "great replacement" conspiracy theory.
• Cruz said his bill to designate branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations has nine Senate co-sponsors, with a bipartisan House companion led by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.