Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday used an attention-grabbing selection of phrases to mock Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, prompting social media critics to blast the GOP lawmaker over his lack of self-awareness throughout an look on Fox Information.
“I gotta say, when you have been making a listing of 1,000 adjectives to explain this man, ‘masculine’ wouldn’t be one in every of them,” Cruz instructed “Hannity” host Sean Hannity. “I imply, this man, if a stiff breeze got here by, it will blow him over like a feather.”
Talarico is at the moment in opposition to Texas Republican Ken Paxton, who President Donald Trump endorsed. Talarico has been the point of interest of all kinds of accusations in current weeks from GOP lawmakers and pundits.
Social media customers referred to as out Cruz’s assertion about Talarico, highlighting some standout moments from his personal current historical past.
“This the identical dude that endorsed the man who referred to as his spouse ugly?” wrote one X consumer, with one other particular person commenting: “Masculine is what you probably did when Texans have been freezing to loss of life and also you fucked off to Cancun? Very masculine of you?”
Cruz has been an outspoken supporter of Trump and endorsed him within the 2016 election, even after the MAGA chief mocked the looks of his spouse Heidi Cruz. The Texas Republican additionally made headlines when he fled the Lone Star state for Cancun in 2021 throughout a lethal winter storm that left a number of residents lifeless.
“Says the person whose spouse and father have been demeaned by Trump however doesn’t converse up even as soon as,” wrote one particular person on X, with one other consumer noting: “Proper… like when it bought chilly in Texas and also you booked it to Mexico like the large sturdy man you’re lol.”
Trump has commented on the GOP senator’s father on a number of events, accusing Rafael Cruz of getting been an affiliate of those that killed former President John F. Kennedy. He was brutally reminded final week by “Late Night time” host Seth Meyers.
Cruz went on to slam Talarico on Monday over his “vegan, no meat marketing campaign.” Talarico isn’t solely not a vegan, however quipped final month that he’s “been consuming barbecue since earlier than Ken Paxton’s first indictment” in 2015 over felony securities fraud fees.
Social media customers didn’t hesitate to skewer Cruz over his feedback on Fox Information.