Tucker: AIPAC Lobbies on Behalf of Israel

EXCERPT:

CARLSON: "I'm just asking what AIPAC does. My understanding, having known a lot of people who work for AIPAC, is that it lobbies on behalf of the Israeli government."

CRUZ: "Wrong."

CARLSON: "Oh, okay. When was the last time AIPAC took the position that deviated from Prime Minister Netanyahu?"

CRUZ: "All the time."

CARLSON: "Name one."

CRUZ: "Okay, let me go back and give a little history. If you want to do a deep dive on AIPAC, we — "

CARLSON: "I don't. I want to do a shallow dive that gets — "

CRUZ: "No — "

CARLSON: "I want to get to the core question. AIPAC is lobbying for a foreign government, and I don’t — "

CRUZ: "False."

CARLSON: "It’s not?"

CRUZ: "No."

CARLSON: "It's lobbying for the United States?"

CRUZ: "It is lobbying for a strong U.S.-Israeli relationship."

CARLSON: "Okay. So it has nothing to do with the foreign government?"

CRUZ: "It wants America and Israel to be closely aligned."

CARLSON: "Okay. But it’s lobbying on behalf of the interests of another country."