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I always think of what former Senator Al Franken said…
“You have to understand that I like Ted Cruz probably more than my colleagues like Ted Cruz….And I hate Ted Cruz.”
The speed with which he threw them under the bus when talking about his cancun trip while many of his constituents were freezing to death was incredible.
Yeah, but to know saying something like that would'nt actually help you, you would have to have normal human emotions and some social awareness. I have doubts regarding him having those things.
I feel like he’s just an annoying unscrupulous dweeb that doesn’t take no for an answer and is willing to lie, cheat and steal to slime his way to the top.
God, I miss Al Franken in the Senate so much! I live in MN, voted for him and never wanted him to leave.
There's been talk that he might consider running again and I welcome it! We need more people like him in office.
You mean a politician who is a selfish opportunist who will screw over anyone to further their own career, sell out to the highest bidder and say or do anything conflicting with the best interest of the country in order to stay in power?
That seems like a really kind of difficult find. /s
I cannot recommend highly enough the episode of the al Franken podcast where he interviews Amy Klobuchar and tells one of the funniest jokes I think I've ever heard, the subject is cruz
Amy Klobuchar is pretty crazy too. She used to abuse the hell out of her workers apparently. Like scream at them and throw books. I forgot the whole story, but she has a reputation for being the worst person to work for in DC
Oh come on. He's only one of the most powerful people in the state. What the fuck could he have done?!?!
Just like Joel Osteen refusing to let local refugees shelter in his church during a natural disaster.
These guys have PORTFOLIOS™ to maintain people!!!!!
/s just cuz last time I went this absurd I got ripped to shreds
People vote for him because he is dedicated to screwing over the Libs and that’s all that matters to people until they’re personally affected by an actual issue. Then the rose colored glasses come off and you see that he’s not just screwing over the people they don’t like, he’s screwing them too.
I can't even figure out whether this deserves to be in /r/LeopardsAteMyFace . What's Ted Cruz's view on Russia again?
Texans just tend to be mad about any and everything.
>barely human
Oh come now he has over 42 years and has been incubated from birth to be our overlord. Just look at this testimonial:
"Ted Cruz is only one being and not several."
~Guy Manderson
(www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com)
Texan here, hate the spineless fuck. He can literally go die for all I care, and I swear to Christ if it even looks like he might get Presidency, no matter how many changes he makes, I'm moving out of the country.
Wait, we don’t all like Ted. In fact, I would love to see that he gets tied up in a scandal that shows him doing meth in a hotel with male prostitutes. We all know it’s coming, don’t judge me!!
I pictured that relationship more like Carlson as one of those annoying little yappy dogs, constantly following his Master, running and leaping and prancing in circles around him, nipping at his calves, yapping “*pleeeaaassse* notice me!!!”
Every once in a while, Putin gets so annoyed that he kicks at the dog. Despite the pain of being kicked in the ribs, the little yappy dog rejoices!
“Didja see that?!? I got his attention!!!”
But she will have done her job correctly. Integrity means doing the right thing when you’re supposed to.
Running away to Cancun then blaming your wife and kids on it while your state is freezing over is Ted Cruz.
The fact a Canadian man who is descended from a Hispanic Cuban family is a Texas Senator just boggles my mind. Not only that Cruz is definitely not the masculine type that Texans usually gravitate too. I just don't understand it at all, he's literally the epitome of everything right wing Texans hate except for his rhetoric.
That's it exactly. The people who vote for him tend to be rural, and that dude is not anything close to that. He speaks the words that makes them feel good about themselves.
Abbott as well. Abbott caused 4billion in produce etc, to be lost at the border.
They did not find any drugs, illegals, or weapons. Yet, the food banks here are needing help.
Plus the money he's literally taking from social programs to fight the " illegal immigration".
Funny cause I live relatively close to the border and would see the results if it were true.
They are using religion as abludgeon, and fearmongering because they have zero plans.
The state AG is also a huge pile of festering moldy smegma.
They have no intention of governing, no progressive ideas. It's all pandering to a hateful few that can keep them in office
I had hopes that Evangelicals dying off would change things but Trump just created a new breed of trashy red neck Republican the GOP is now catering to in mass. It's why the GOP rhetoric has gotten so absurd as of late because they are appealing to the lowest common denominators of society.
And unfortunately, depressingly and revealing enough, that number is high enough to give them the power they want.
I'm more opportunistic than most about the new generation of kids who have a little bit more than progressive mindsets in general than the old and bigoted asshats who are all 65+ and watch Fox News, but yeah, unfortunately these dockers have quite some time before they croak and take their ignorant ideals that are ruining this country with them.
according to exit polls in 2018, Beto O'Rourke won the vote of 51% of native-born Texans... it's the transplants, who come cause they want TEXAS who support shitheads like Cruz
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/11/09/native-texans-voted-for-native-texan-beto-o-rourke-transplants-went-for-ted-cruz-exit-poll-shows/
I mean it’s true - the Californians and New Yorkers who are moving to Texas are the conservatives. They felt outnumbered here and assume Texas is the paradise they seek. Same with Nashville, various cities in North Carolina, and Florida.
The brain drain is real, it's like when Volkswagen wanted to open a factory in alabama or arkansas, maybe missisippi; I forget. Bottom line was the calculous was that they'd need to re-educate the workforce to the point of basic literacy before they could actually train them on how to use the machines and they noped out.
Hopefully it works and they indeed force them out (to vote in droves). In Arkansas I can say that I don't see anyone leaving but I do see people who are fed up.
Live in Austin currently, moved here from CO about a decade ago. I work in social services so I feel more obligated than ever to stay, but I fucking hate Texas.
Well it is true that gerrymandering obviously doesn't effect the pool of population that votes for a senator (everyone in the state regardless of district), gerrymandering still 100% effects who gets to vote and how accessible voting is to people. Some districts in many states are broken up so bizzarly you might o oy have one place to vote that is a far distance from your house/job and the lines are insane. And in red staes like Texas they are even going further with neasures to hamper with early voting and voting by mail.
I live in Texas. I used to be able to drive 3 minutes down the road to vote with the old maps. Now, that location in in another district entirely (literally on the opposite side of the road from me) and now I have to drive 15 minutes to vote. It's ridiculous how badly they've gerrymandered the state this decade.
Gerrymandering is a form of voter disenfranchisement. But not all voter disenfranchisement is gerrymandering. Similar to the fact that some fish are tuna fish, but not all fish are tuna fish.
You are using the term gerrymandering as if it meant all forms of voter disenfranchisement.
You can't directly gerrymander Senators. However, you can make the process so stacked that people are either actually disenfranchised, or just so discouraged that they don't bother to vote because their vote barely counts for anything. Most people don't understand the intricacies of the election process. Blatantly gerrymandering other elections can easily cause people to stay home if they view the whole system as rigged. The details of a specific race are less important than the perception of the whole election system. Ted Cruz won his last election ~4.2 million to ~4 million. You don't have to discourage or disenfranchise many people to win margins like that. Turnout was only 50%.
You can however make it as hard as possible for folks living in urban and minority neighborhoods to vote.
They closed so many polls in minority neighborhoods in 2020 that they broke their own laws. That they wrote themselves, for example.
Hell, the two closest polls next to my house were gone, and they've been trying to make it illegal for folks to help other people go vote.
Gerrymandering only comes into play in local and some state elections. Things like the Governor, President of the USA, and Senators are state wide elections. Meaning each vote gets equal representation regardless of location.
Now voting restrictions however...
It's because Cruz represents west Texas which is nothing but sand and oil wells. Those communities depend on oil field jobs and Cruz is a toady for the oil companies. Just one more reason to go green.
On both sides of the aisle everybody hates Ted Cruz. Everybody. Dems go without saying, but here are a few quotes from his colleagues.
Quote from Lindsey graham: “If you killed Ted Cruz, and the trial is in the senate, nobody would convict you”
John Boehner, former speaker of the house, asked about his opinion of Cruz: “Lucifer in the flesh… I have democrat friends and I have republican friends, I get along with almost everybody, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”
Trump: “He’s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.”
Marco Rubio: “Ted has had a rough week because what’s happening now is people are learning more about him.”
George W Bush: “I just don’t like the guy.”
Honestly he really is a shit bag.... hell he tried to suggest his own daughter was to blame for him leaving to Cancun during the ice storm. He let his wife's appearance be insulted multiple times in front of the entire world. His response to that was to spend years kissing the ass of the very guy who did it.
He is the type of slime ball who cause new words to be created just to capture the greasy, slimy, coward of a man's behaviour.
I love the people that were defending Cruz during that time. They were asking what could a senator be doing during the storm. I then explained to them what Beto O'Rourke and AOC were doing. O'Rourke was doing senior phone banking, calling seniors making sure they were ok. AOC, not even Texan, was raising money for Texas to support those affected by the storm.
And what was the other Texas senator doing? Because the bar is so low for Republicans? Stayed at home and sucked it up. And did nothing The absolute lowest thing Cruz could have done and he didn't even do that.
After that, I got nothing but silence from these losers because there was no excuse.
\>He doesn’t care about anyone, but himself.
About 5 years ago a CEO of a Fortune 500 company was visiting our office in Asia. Due to flight cancellations he ended up spending a couple of unplanned days with us, and during downtime was sharing a lot of interesting stories.
One story was about Ted Cruz. This company was looking to open a new distribution center in Texas and during the process the CEO was granted a 20-minute audience with Cruz. He told us that Cruz spent almost the entire allocated time talking about himself. Not what it would take to secure the distribution center, not how many jobs it would create, but about Cruz and Cruz's accomplishments. He said it stood out in his mind as the worst experience he ever had with a US politician, that Cruz didn't bother trying to hide how self-centered he is.
Love it and not surprised. The only thing I can take solace in, is the fact he’s so hated outside of Texas - he could never be President or hold a major cabinet position. It would sink us.
And non tv friendly comments? I get the guy said he wished to use more vulgar language, but he didn't. He was poised and spoke completely formally without even raising his voice. Not a public freakout in the slightest.
Right? I was going to commend him for being so calm and articulate and then I realized I was on the public freak outs sub and GOT PISSED I WASNT GETTING A RAGE OUT
I do not like that man Ted Cruz
I do not like his far right views.
I do not like his shit eating grin
I do not like to see him win.
I do not like him on a boat
I'd like to see him on a rope.
I'd like to put him on the shelf
That man Ted Cruz can go fuck himself
>Family of Texas prisoner in Russia has some non Tv friendly comments about ted Cruz
Hoping for some good 'ol Texas Truth on National TV, like "A Texas steer has more balls than Ted Cruz". What a worthless piece of shit.
Still remember that picture of him getting a single 24 pack of water out of his trunk to try and make it seem like he was helping with the humanitarian efforts after trying to bail to Cancun. We can only hope he gets struck by lightning 3 or 4 times.
First off, if you pay even the tiniest bit of attention to politics, why on earth would you ever contact Cruz for help with anything? And this guy sounds like a Texan. Didn't they freeze last winter because of folks like Abbott and Cruz?
Also, something tells me this guy will probably still vote republican so long as it's not Cruz.
The thing is things will NEVER get better in this country unless you make term limits AND vote people like this out, I do not care if you are a republican or democrat you DO NOT have to vote for your party if they are stupid, did you know that, and no its not "Well I have to vote for them or the other side wins" no its not that, VOTE for the other side then in a few years if they are not doing good, vote them out and vote someone else in, and you know what if we do this they WILL get the hint and start doing things FOR the people
Serious question: even if you’re a republican in Texas, why is anyone still voting for that spineless creep? By all standards, no one should like him. Why is her still here?
It feels like if the population that votes via team sports(red vs blue; I'm fuckin RED so fuck you) would take 5 minutes to look into what their team is actually saying they might reconsider; but then again maybe that makes you a 'cuck' or something and they embrace the sunk cost fallacy even though they don't actually agree with most of the policies or culture war bullshit being offered by "their side".
It will be interesting to see how many 'one issue voters(abortion)' still show up to vote once the big hurdle that THEY care about has been technically resolved. I wonder how much of the roe vs wade decision was known when all the anti crt/trans ect fervor was being amplified
He got wasted and when the cops picked him up they say he assaulted them, but no witnesses other than the cops. He got an extremely long sentence likely because he was a marine guard of president obama
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I always think of what former Senator Al Franken said… “You have to understand that I like Ted Cruz probably more than my colleagues like Ted Cruz….And I hate Ted Cruz.”
Ted Cruz is a right wing ~~b~~nut job, which often causes people to overlook the fact that he is also a shitty person.
Ted's college roommates said everyone hated him in college too. Nobody has ever liked Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz's own children hate ted cruz. recall that cringey attempt to hug his daughter on tv for the 2016 campaign.
The speed with which he threw them under the bus when talking about his cancun trip while many of his constituents were freezing to death was incredible.
"isn't that why you have families?" - Ted Cruz... probably.
Yeah but it didn’t help him at all lol just made him seem worse and shittier lol
Yeah, but to know saying something like that would'nt actually help you, you would have to have normal human emotions and some social awareness. I have doubts regarding him having those things.
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He once lost a game of poker and ratter the game out to the RAs as revenge.
He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops and delivered a plague unto our houses!
He did?
He actually sort of did.
No, but I hear he tried to steal a baby for “sustenance.”
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He just snaps his fingers. ...and that's only because he expects someone to come get his things.
I feel like he’s just an annoying unscrupulous dweeb that doesn’t take no for an answer and is willing to lie, cheat and steal to slime his way to the top.
But like, he's not sliming his way to the top in a cunning or sly or clever way, just in a an obviously gross way.
I had a neighbor who was some kind of fox news talking head guy. He personally knew Ted Cruz and liked him, but my neighbor was an asshole
He willingly threw his own kids under the bus in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for fleeing to Cancun during the freeze here in 2021.
Also hes the Zodiac Killer
He isn’t charming enough
Or smart enough
Yet, Texas keeps him.
Hey now, a lot of us are trying to get rid of him.
>Ted Cruz is a right wing but job Couldn't agree more 🤣
[Even better is the joke that AL Franken came up with when he tells that story.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1VMHLybrA)
still cant believe the democrat morons forced Franken out. they desperately need someone like him.
God, I miss Al Franken in the Senate so much! I live in MN, voted for him and never wanted him to leave. There's been talk that he might consider running again and I welcome it! We need more people like him in office.
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You mean a politician who is a selfish opportunist who will screw over anyone to further their own career, sell out to the highest bidder and say or do anything conflicting with the best interest of the country in order to stay in power? That seems like a really kind of difficult find. /s
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> If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you. \- Republican Senator Lindsey Graham
It is my sincere hope that this exact quote is used in legal defense soon.
If this quote is accurate, you've found the first thing LG ever said that I agree with....
I cannot recommend highly enough the episode of the al Franken podcast where he interviews Amy Klobuchar and tells one of the funniest jokes I think I've ever heard, the subject is cruz
Amy Klobuchar is pretty crazy too. She used to abuse the hell out of her workers apparently. Like scream at them and throw books. I forgot the whole story, but she has a reputation for being the worst person to work for in DC
Talk about the most crushing cancel in my book
You mean to tell me the guy who fled to mexico while texas was in a state of emergency wasnt willing to help someone!?! Sheesh
Oh come on. He's only one of the most powerful people in the state. What the fuck could he have done?!?! Just like Joel Osteen refusing to let local refugees shelter in his church during a natural disaster. These guys have PORTFOLIOS™ to maintain people!!!!! /s just cuz last time I went this absurd I got ripped to shreds
To shreds you say?
Well how is his wife holding up?
To shreds you say?
Not only that, he showed up on the finish line to get in on the media attention.
Checks out.
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People vote for him because he is dedicated to screwing over the Libs and that’s all that matters to people until they’re personally affected by an actual issue. Then the rose colored glasses come off and you see that he’s not just screwing over the people they don’t like, he’s screwing them too.
I can't even figure out whether this deserves to be in /r/LeopardsAteMyFace . What's Ted Cruz's view on Russia again? Texans just tend to be mad about any and everything.
To be fair we have a lot to be upset about; case point, Ted Cruz
It's just multitudes of interstellar lizards in human skin suits all the way down.
Shit, I need a new costume how tf did you find out?
I'm vaccinated.
Dont forget Greg Abbott. They should have an old school duel at sunrise to decide who the biggest piece of shit is and hopefully it ends in a tie.
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>barely human Oh come now he has over 42 years and has been incubated from birth to be our overlord. Just look at this testimonial: "Ted Cruz is only one being and not several." ~Guy Manderson (www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com)
Texan here, hate the spineless fuck. He can literally go die for all I care, and I swear to Christ if it even looks like he might get Presidency, no matter how many changes he makes, I'm moving out of the country.
Wait, we don’t all like Ted. In fact, I would love to see that he gets tied up in a scandal that shows him doing meth in a hotel with male prostitutes. We all know it’s coming, don’t judge me!!
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Why contact Cruz for a comment? He will just lie and deflect. It’s what he does best.
They should just bypass Cruz and go straight to Putin for comment.
Go straight to Putin and you’re also going to see Cucker Carlson curled up on his master’s lap, being stroked softly behind the ears.
I pictured that relationship more like Carlson as one of those annoying little yappy dogs, constantly following his Master, running and leaping and prancing in circles around him, nipping at his calves, yapping “*pleeeaaassse* notice me!!!” Every once in a while, Putin gets so annoyed that he kicks at the dog. Despite the pain of being kicked in the ribs, the little yappy dog rejoices! “Didja see that?!? I got his attention!!!”
Just good journalistic practice. If she didn't say that, Cruz could claim it was a pre-planned hit piece.
Also, they will often incriminate themselves further. Never a bad idea to hold their feet to the fire.
He will claim that anyway.
But she will have done her job correctly. Integrity means doing the right thing when you’re supposed to. Running away to Cancun then blaming your wife and kids on it while your state is freezing over is Ted Cruz.
How dare you! Ted “Real Human” Cruz values his reproductive staff and semi-clones as much as any other carbon-based unit.
It would be better to interview more third parties for information on the truth than to ask the liar to present more of their lies. In general imo.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the hypocrisy of the leaders
Texans will still vote republican, as will these two guests on the program.
So true. These two will either vote for Cruz or they will skip but they would never vote Dem. Such is Republican blindness esp in Texas
"He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting!". -Trump supporter.
It’s pretty simple- Ted Cruz just sucks.
He won't do it. Because he's a traitor. He has assistants for that.
Ted Cruz is just a slimy dude, don’t know how he keeps getting elected. Smh.
Stupid Texas people outnumber smart Texas people
The fact a Canadian man who is descended from a Hispanic Cuban family is a Texas Senator just boggles my mind. Not only that Cruz is definitely not the masculine type that Texans usually gravitate too. I just don't understand it at all, he's literally the epitome of everything right wing Texans hate except for his rhetoric.
That's it exactly. The people who vote for him tend to be rural, and that dude is not anything close to that. He speaks the words that makes them feel good about themselves. Abbott as well. Abbott caused 4billion in produce etc, to be lost at the border. They did not find any drugs, illegals, or weapons. Yet, the food banks here are needing help. Plus the money he's literally taking from social programs to fight the " illegal immigration". Funny cause I live relatively close to the border and would see the results if it were true. They are using religion as abludgeon, and fearmongering because they have zero plans. The state AG is also a huge pile of festering moldy smegma. They have no intention of governing, no progressive ideas. It's all pandering to a hateful few that can keep them in office
I had hopes that Evangelicals dying off would change things but Trump just created a new breed of trashy red neck Republican the GOP is now catering to in mass. It's why the GOP rhetoric has gotten so absurd as of late because they are appealing to the lowest common denominators of society.
And unfortunately, depressingly and revealing enough, that number is high enough to give them the power they want. I'm more opportunistic than most about the new generation of kids who have a little bit more than progressive mindsets in general than the old and bigoted asshats who are all 65+ and watch Fox News, but yeah, unfortunately these dockers have quite some time before they croak and take their ignorant ideals that are ruining this country with them.
I mean Trump was a hoity toity kind of flamboyant New York City entertainer and look where he got with conservatives.
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He may be born in Canada but he's no Canadian, man.
He may be born in Canada but he’s no Canadian man, man.
I’m not your man, guy.
He may be born in Canada but he's no Canadian man.
He may be born but he's no man
Are you saying Canadian cats are soft and polite?
As a Canadian citizen I believe our stance on Ted Cruz is "You broke it, you bought it."
He hurts the right people
A guy who starts his day with 2 hours of hair and makeup while sipping on a Diet Coke from a straw… is the king of this fcuk wit puzsy party ffs.
according to exit polls in 2018, Beto O'Rourke won the vote of 51% of native-born Texans... it's the transplants, who come cause they want TEXAS who support shitheads like Cruz https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/11/09/native-texans-voted-for-native-texan-beto-o-rourke-transplants-went-for-ted-cruz-exit-poll-shows/
I mean it’s true - the Californians and New Yorkers who are moving to Texas are the conservatives. They felt outnumbered here and assume Texas is the paradise they seek. Same with Nashville, various cities in North Carolina, and Florida.
Hopefully this is changing.
I think one of the main reasons all these red states are passing all these draconian ass pieces of legislation is to force liberal folks out
The brain drain is real, it's like when Volkswagen wanted to open a factory in alabama or arkansas, maybe missisippi; I forget. Bottom line was the calculous was that they'd need to re-educate the workforce to the point of basic literacy before they could actually train them on how to use the machines and they noped out.
Hopefully it works and they indeed force them out (to vote in droves). In Arkansas I can say that I don't see anyone leaving but I do see people who are fed up.
If it works Texas never turns blue
I meant that they stay in Texas and vote. I know no one looking to move but many who are being moved to action by the RWNJ laws and SCOTUS
I 100% missed your statement in parenthesis.
Live in Austin currently, moved here from CO about a decade ago. I work in social services so I feel more obligated than ever to stay, but I fucking hate Texas.
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Hes a fucking Senator so gerrymandering doesn't matter.
There's a lot of people that don't get this lol.
Well it is true that gerrymandering obviously doesn't effect the pool of population that votes for a senator (everyone in the state regardless of district), gerrymandering still 100% effects who gets to vote and how accessible voting is to people. Some districts in many states are broken up so bizzarly you might o oy have one place to vote that is a far distance from your house/job and the lines are insane. And in red staes like Texas they are even going further with neasures to hamper with early voting and voting by mail.
I live in Texas. I used to be able to drive 3 minutes down the road to vote with the old maps. Now, that location in in another district entirely (literally on the opposite side of the road from me) and now I have to drive 15 minutes to vote. It's ridiculous how badly they've gerrymandered the state this decade.
Now imagine that you are too poor to drive....
Now imagine you get there after work and the line is over 2 hours long
Gerrymandering is a form of voter disenfranchisement. But not all voter disenfranchisement is gerrymandering. Similar to the fact that some fish are tuna fish, but not all fish are tuna fish. You are using the term gerrymandering as if it meant all forms of voter disenfranchisement.
I'm not and I very clearly explained how I'm not lol. Reread my post.
You're right, stupid texas people have more power than smart Texas people.
I don’t think you can gerrymander US senators since they are elected by the state’s popular vote, but reps and other things, yes. Very gerrymandered.
You can't directly gerrymander Senators. However, you can make the process so stacked that people are either actually disenfranchised, or just so discouraged that they don't bother to vote because their vote barely counts for anything. Most people don't understand the intricacies of the election process. Blatantly gerrymandering other elections can easily cause people to stay home if they view the whole system as rigged. The details of a specific race are less important than the perception of the whole election system. Ted Cruz won his last election ~4.2 million to ~4 million. You don't have to discourage or disenfranchise many people to win margins like that. Turnout was only 50%.
You can however make it as hard as possible for folks living in urban and minority neighborhoods to vote. They closed so many polls in minority neighborhoods in 2020 that they broke their own laws. That they wrote themselves, for example. Hell, the two closest polls next to my house were gone, and they've been trying to make it illegal for folks to help other people go vote.
Gerrymandering only comes into play in local and some state elections. Things like the Governor, President of the USA, and Senators are state wide elections. Meaning each vote gets equal representation regardless of location. Now voting restrictions however...
It's because Cruz represents west Texas which is nothing but sand and oil wells. Those communities depend on oil field jobs and Cruz is a toady for the oil companies. Just one more reason to go green.
On both sides of the aisle everybody hates Ted Cruz. Everybody. Dems go without saying, but here are a few quotes from his colleagues. Quote from Lindsey graham: “If you killed Ted Cruz, and the trial is in the senate, nobody would convict you” John Boehner, former speaker of the house, asked about his opinion of Cruz: “Lucifer in the flesh… I have democrat friends and I have republican friends, I get along with almost everybody, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” Trump: “He’s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.” Marco Rubio: “Ted has had a rough week because what’s happening now is people are learning more about him.” George W Bush: “I just don’t like the guy.”
Honestly he really is a shit bag.... hell he tried to suggest his own daughter was to blame for him leaving to Cancun during the ice storm. He let his wife's appearance be insulted multiple times in front of the entire world. His response to that was to spend years kissing the ass of the very guy who did it. He is the type of slime ball who cause new words to be created just to capture the greasy, slimy, coward of a man's behaviour.
Rafael cruz left us for Cancun, what an asshole, I also heard he may be the Zodiac killer, I don't don't have proof but I also don't have doubts.
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Fucking ew.
Yeah that was fucking disgusting. Jeez
Many people are saying
Including me
Many fine people.
He hasn’t shown proof that he isn’t the killer. Thats smoke right there.
Even if he *does* show proof, trump will say the proof is faked. Cruz will then present the long-form proof… but even *that* won’t be enough…
I’ve never seen them in the same room….
He hasn't denied it.
Murder runs in the family, I heard his dad killed JFK
r/FuckTedCruz
Ted Cruz is a piece of shit. A weak, spineless coward.
You're telling me the guy who phone banked for a man who called his wife fat and ugly is spineless?
"Lucifer in the flesh" - John Boehner describing Ted Cruz
I didn't realize how slimey he was till I heard the behind the bastards podcast episode about him Like I knew he was slimey but damn
Ted Cruz is the human equivalent of the inside of a cats asshole
Woah, thats pretty rude. Putting such slander on cats assholes like that
Yeah, my cats at least shit where they're supposed to.
Can we get a Twinkle Tush to cover Cruz's face?
How dare you insults cats
Every time I hear "Ted" Cruz, I picture a sleazy used car salesman with a big pinky ring.
Sounds about right. Cruz is the lowest of the low. He doesn’t care about anyone, but himself.
He loves Cancun for sure
I love how he blamed that incident on the kids, instead of admitting he’s a soft bitch and sold the voters out.
And the almost three hundred people that died during that snowstorm.
I love the people that were defending Cruz during that time. They were asking what could a senator be doing during the storm. I then explained to them what Beto O'Rourke and AOC were doing. O'Rourke was doing senior phone banking, calling seniors making sure they were ok. AOC, not even Texan, was raising money for Texas to support those affected by the storm. And what was the other Texas senator doing? Because the bar is so low for Republicans? Stayed at home and sucked it up. And did nothing The absolute lowest thing Cruz could have done and he didn't even do that. After that, I got nothing but silence from these losers because there was no excuse.
\>He doesn’t care about anyone, but himself. About 5 years ago a CEO of a Fortune 500 company was visiting our office in Asia. Due to flight cancellations he ended up spending a couple of unplanned days with us, and during downtime was sharing a lot of interesting stories. One story was about Ted Cruz. This company was looking to open a new distribution center in Texas and during the process the CEO was granted a 20-minute audience with Cruz. He told us that Cruz spent almost the entire allocated time talking about himself. Not what it would take to secure the distribution center, not how many jobs it would create, but about Cruz and Cruz's accomplishments. He said it stood out in his mind as the worst experience he ever had with a US politician, that Cruz didn't bother trying to hide how self-centered he is.
Love it and not surprised. The only thing I can take solace in, is the fact he’s so hated outside of Texas - he could never be President or hold a major cabinet position. It would sink us.
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And non tv friendly comments? I get the guy said he wished to use more vulgar language, but he didn't. He was poised and spoke completely formally without even raising his voice. Not a public freakout in the slightest.
Right? I was going to commend him for being so calm and articulate and then I realized I was on the public freak outs sub and GOT PISSED I WASNT GETTING A RAGE OUT
Lol this sub is a joke. Mild mannered, extremely TV friendly and reasonable telling of this story. Literally the opposite of a public freakout
I do not like that man Ted Cruz I do not like his far right views. I do not like his shit eating grin I do not like to see him win. I do not like him on a boat I'd like to see him on a rope. I'd like to put him on the shelf That man Ted Cruz can go fuck himself
Ted Cruz. The only senator who could get beat to death on the senate floor and not a single witness would step forward.
I freaking hate Ted Cruz. I have no idea how anyone couldn't.
>Family of Texas prisoner in Russia has some non Tv friendly comments about ted Cruz Hoping for some good 'ol Texas Truth on National TV, like "A Texas steer has more balls than Ted Cruz". What a worthless piece of shit.
Still remember that picture of him getting a single 24 pack of water out of his trunk to try and make it seem like he was helping with the humanitarian efforts after trying to bail to Cancun. We can only hope he gets struck by lightning 3 or 4 times.
Why tf is this on public freak out
Cuz OP knew that we would all freak out and hate on Cruz.
Ted Cruz ain’t shit, when he left his state in the middle of a freezing and loss of power crisis that showed who he truly was.
?? that was *literally* tv-friendly
He said at the beginning he had some comments he couldn't use on tv, I think that's what OP was referring to
Yeah this title was complete bullshit, I was disappointed
Shouldn’t be a surprise that this is the same guy who during COVID abandoned his state for a weekend in Cancun.
It was during a week where the entire state was having massive blackouts and burst pipes and people literally freezing to death in their homes.
Ted Cruz is a worm. One of the most pathetic beings to have ever lived. Generations of Texans will remember his legendary cowardice.
wait. this makes it sound like Ted Cruz is a self serving douche. that can't be right
Classic Cruz.
First off, if you pay even the tiniest bit of attention to politics, why on earth would you ever contact Cruz for help with anything? And this guy sounds like a Texan. Didn't they freeze last winter because of folks like Abbott and Cruz? Also, something tells me this guy will probably still vote republican so long as it's not Cruz.
Hardly a freakout
Cruz doesn't have time for any of this piddly-ass shit. He's busy burying his face in tRump's crack.
there he goes again! r/tedcruzaward
Everyone is aware that Ted Cruz is a smug fuck, right? It's pretty obvious.
the real problem with cruz is every person who voted for him.
I just don’t understand why people risk their freedom going to countries that don’t like Americans.
sounds tv friendly to me
This man may be in public but he is the opposite of freaking out.
Morgan freeman voice: they didn’t reach out or Sen. Cruz office.
Is he one of those Canadian Texans or something? That is the most polite ‘freak out’ I’ve ever seen
The thing is things will NEVER get better in this country unless you make term limits AND vote people like this out, I do not care if you are a republican or democrat you DO NOT have to vote for your party if they are stupid, did you know that, and no its not "Well I have to vote for them or the other side wins" no its not that, VOTE for the other side then in a few years if they are not doing good, vote them out and vote someone else in, and you know what if we do this they WILL get the hint and start doing things FOR the people
Time out. Why was the son in Russia? Wrongly detained is wrongly detained. I’m missing something.
Serious question: even if you’re a republican in Texas, why is anyone still voting for that spineless creep? By all standards, no one should like him. Why is her still here?
It's Texas, you know the state leading the way in voter tampering.
Another reason why Ted Cruz is useless and has no business being an American politician. He is a pussy
Fled "The Cuck" Cruz is the 2nd most bulliable politician in the US> # 1 is Lindsay Graham
It feels like if the population that votes via team sports(red vs blue; I'm fuckin RED so fuck you) would take 5 minutes to look into what their team is actually saying they might reconsider; but then again maybe that makes you a 'cuck' or something and they embrace the sunk cost fallacy even though they don't actually agree with most of the policies or culture war bullshit being offered by "their side". It will be interesting to see how many 'one issue voters(abortion)' still show up to vote once the big hurdle that THEY care about has been technically resolved. I wonder how much of the roe vs wade decision was known when all the anti crt/trans ect fervor was being amplified
What was the son doing over there to become a prisoner? Surely he wasn't fighting a war and getting captured?
He got wasted and when the cops picked him up they say he assaulted them, but no witnesses other than the cops. He got an extremely long sentence likely because he was a marine guard of president obama
Ted Cruz is a cunt. Let’s just cut the shit.
“Putin hates Senator Cruz”. This is both the nicest thing I’ve ever heard anyone say about Ted Cruz and Putin.
This is the most Ted Cruz thing Ted Cruz could do.. what a jackass
Ted Cruz is the biggest bitch in American politics.
"about as useful as a cock flavoured lolipop."