Sen. Ted Cruz’s appearance on The Chris Salcedo Show was a welcome blast of clarity from a man who understands what liberty really means. Speaking plainly, he declared he is proud to stand with the brave heroes in Iran who are risking everything to throw off the yoke of the Ayatollahs and reclaim their nation. Conservative Americans who value freedom should not only applaud those words, we should act to amplify them and support the cause of the Iranian people.
The uprising in Iran is not a distant, abstract story — it is an internal explosion of popular fury stretching across dozens of cities as ordinary Iranians take to the streets against brutal repression and economic ruin. These are men and women chanting for liberty and even calling for the end of regime rule, a seismic challenge to a theocratic system that has soaked their country in misery for decades. Conservatives who believe in human dignity and self-determination must see this for what it is: an opportunity to stand with freedom rather than appease tyrants.
Cruz’s voice on Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo Show cut through the media fog that so often sympathizes with dictators and excuses theocrats. He reminded viewers that the fight for freedom in Iran is a fight against Islamist tyranny, and he did so on a platform that reaches millions of patriots who understand the stakes. It’s what real conservatives do — speak unapologetically for people who are fighting for the same freedoms that made America great.
Some in Washington will sneer and call for caution, but caution has a cost when it means turning our backs on people screaming for help. Cruz pointed to decisive actions taken last year that crippled Iran’s nuclear pathways and argued that rolling back the mullahs would be a historic national-security victory; the strategic context of that stance has been confirmed by independent reporting on Iran’s nuclear activities and the damage done by strikes and sanctions. If the regime falls and a free Iran rises, it will not be a partisan win, it will be a triumph for every nation that values peace through strength.
Meanwhile, too many on the left are busy scoring political points instead of taking a moral stand with the oppressed. That cowardice has real-world consequences — it emboldens tyrants and signals to brave dissidents that the West’s support is shallow and fleeting. Conservatives like Cruz are right to call out that moral failure and demand a bolder American posture: information support, sanctions enforcement, and a readiness to back the people of Iran as they pursue freedom.
We should be proud that leaders on the right are using every platform to champion the Iranian protestors and to expose the Ayatollah regime for the murderous theocracy it is. Ted Cruz’s stand on the Chris Salcedo Show is the sort of principled leadership Americans deserve — loud, clear, and unafraid to side with liberty. Now is the time for patriots everywhere to raise their voices, back the brave inside Iran, and make sure the world knows we stand with those who choose freedom over oppression.
