yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb and -- >> i don't buy that, whoa, whoa, i've known you a long time since before you went to the senate. you're a supreme court contender. you take words as seriously as any man that served in the senate and every word -- you repeated that phrase. i don't believe you used that word accidently. >> it's caused a lot of people to misunderstand what i meant. what i was referring to are the limited number of people who engaged in violent attacks against police officers. i wasn't saying the millions of patriots across the country supporting president trump are terrorists. >> but here is the thing, rafael, that man isn't just pathetic, it is also flatout false. cruz has frequently referred to january 6th as a terrorist attack including in at least three press releases issued last january, february, and may.