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![EricLDaugh Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::763094579491008512.png) Eric Daugherty [@EricLDaugh](/creator/twitter/EricLDaugh) on x 478.2K followers
Created: 2025-06-18 01:16:14 UTC

JUST IN: Tucker Carlson runs gotcha question on Ted Cruz over Iran, takes victory lap

TUCKER: "How many people live in Iran?"

CRUZ: "I don't know the population."

TUCKER: "You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple?"

CRUZ: "How many people?"

TUCKER: "92 million...How could you not know that?"

CRUZ: "I don't memorize population tables."

TUCKER: "Well, it's kind of relevant, because you're calling for the overthrow of the government."

CRUZ: "Why is it relevant?"

TUCKER: "Because if you don't know anything about the country...what's the ethnic mix of Iran?"

CRUZ: "They are Persians, and predominantly Shia-"

TUCKER: "What percent? You don't know anything about Iran!"

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