Senator Ted Cruz and Seth Rogen are having an epic — and highly profane — Twitter feud
The profane Twitter feud between Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and actor Seth Rogen continued and expanded over the weekend as the two antagonists traded pointed barbs with each other on social media.
The animosity between the Texas senator — who has been widely called on to resign or be expelled from the Senate after he urged the rejection of legitimate electoral votes cast for Joe Biden — and the Hollywood comic actor began when Cruz ludicrously criticized Biden for immediately ordering that the U.S. rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and Rogen told Cruz who he was and where to go.
Fuck off you fascist.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 21, 2021
Cruz likely saw the attention from a Hollywood celebrity as a tool to burnish his right-wing anti-elitist credentials with the Trump-obsessed GOP base, a necessary bit of slumming for the graduate of both Princeton and Harvard.
He replied with a typical indictment of Rogen as a wealthy, out-of-touch denizen of Los Angeles. The actor wasted no time in replying to Cruz’s characterization with some withering reminders of exactly who he thinks the senator is.
If you’re a white supremacist fascist who doesn’t find it offensive when someone calls your wife ugly, Ted Cruz is the exact motherfucker for you. https://t.co/w4zdynI2V9
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 21, 2021
The exchange of mean tweets only escalated from there.
Rogen next went after Cruz in the comments to otherwise unrelated posts that the seditious senator made.
Everyone who made that film would hate you.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 22, 2021
And they were off.
They’re all dead. So I think we’re good. And Walt Disney was a Republican.
Even though you behave online like a Marxist with Tourette’s (screaming “F U! F U!” is really, really clever), your movies are typically pretty funny.
I’m sure you hate that I enjoy them. https://t.co/ImVm26QWb8
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 23, 2021
The mention of Tourette’s Syndrome inspired Rogen to give the out-of-his-depth Republican a lesson in the condition with which he is all too familiar.
Also you’re a fucking fascist. Shut up and go away.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
In case, the Twitterverse didn’t get his point, Rogen posted his opinion of the insurrection inspiring senator again, as plainly as he could.
All jokes aside, @tedcruz is a fascist piece of shit.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
Cruz could not let that post go unanswered, prompting yet another series of profane replies from the actor.
You literally inspired a deadly insurrection you stupid fuck. https://t.co/eoy1uUDK73
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
Your lies got people killed. You have blood on your hands. https://t.co/eoy1uUDK73
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
In what had become more than a mere Twitter feud, Rogen was now on a mission to discredit the cynically manipulative politician in any way he could because of his belief that Cruz was partially responsible and completely complicit in the deadly Capitol insurrection.
This isn’t a Twitter “feud.” @tedcruz tried to overthrow our government. He inspired a deadly mob to storm the Capitol. And I think that deserves ridicule. So fuck him.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
The actor also fought back against accusations that as an actor, writer, and producer, he was unqualified to comment on Cruz’s qualifications and behavior as a senator.
It’s honestly way harder to write a good movie than become a senator.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
At this point, Cruz seems to have acknowledged defeat in the battle of words, having failed to reply to the last few posts from Rogen in favor of having his right-wing extremist supporters take potshots at the celebrity, including one who forgot that Senator Cruz shares Canadian roots with the Vancouver-born actor.
I live in America you stupid fuck.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
I have an American passport and I vote in America and am an American citizen you fucking clown. Now go back to pretending to be a gay Black man and shut the fuck up.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
Still, it wasn’t only the Texas senator who had outside supporters join the fray. Another Texas politician weighed in to express his concurrence with Rogen regarding Cruz’s treacherous behavior.
Why does he keep this fight going with Seth Rogen even though he’s getting destroyed at every turn? Because he’s guilty of sedition. He’s hoping distraction & time diminish the urgency of accountability. Don’t let him change the channel or the subject, it is sedition every time.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) January 24, 2021
Call your Senator 202-224-3121 (even if it’s Cruz. His team should know they work for a seditionist) & tell them you want accountability. Action. Without it, the precedent is set that one can commit sedition without consequence. And that guarantees there will be another attempt.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) January 24, 2021
Despite Ted Cruz effectively ceding the battle to the man he ironically calls part of the “fascist left,” Beto O’Rourke’s advice remains pertinent.
Every one of those Republicans — including Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and dozens of GOP members of the House of Representatives — who tried to ignore the legitimate votes of millions of Americans and helped instigate the violent coup attempt on January 6th should be held accountable and expelled from Congress.
Call and let your elected legislators know how you feel about allowing these seditionists to retain their seats.
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