Texas Senator Ted Cruz has called for the U.S. to seek a regime change in Iran, a stance that few Republicans have echoed. "Let me be clear, I'm not advocating that we send in a bunch of American soldiers to make that happen," Cruz said on an episode of his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, released on Monday.

Ted Cruz went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in 2022, he was there to make amends. The Texas Republican’s offense was having called the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol a “violent terrorist attack.