Twitter skewers Ted Cruz after truly pathetic show of groveling to Tucker Carlson
One year after Donald Trump and his cronies incited an enraged mob to attack the US Capitol in order to subvert the democratic transition of power, the irresistible influence that his version of history still holds over the Republican Party was put on full display on Thursday night when Sen. Ted Cruz appeared on the Tucker Carlson show and shamefully debased himself before the altar of Trump.
Bowing and scraping, the obsequious little toad insisted that he had never meant to smear the January 6th attackers as “terrorists” and instead praised them for being “patriots” after being verbally bullied by notorious white supremacist and cult of Trump apostle, Tucker Carlson.
“There are a lot of dumb people in Congress. You are not one of them. Smarter than I am. And you never use words carelessly. And yet you call this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. That was a lie. You told that lie on purpose and I’m wondering why you did” blasted Carlson. Cruz weakly argued that his words were “sloppy” and “dumb,” and continued to wilt under a vicious barrage. “I don’t buy that…Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I’ve known you a long time since before you went to the Senate. You were a Supreme Court contender. You take words as seriously as any man who’s served in the Senate. And every word—you repeated that phrase, I do not believe that you used that accidentally. I just don’t!”
As if this humiliation wasn’t enough already, Cruz posted the clip to his own official Twitter account, along with a simpering and embarrassing mea culpae to the vicious and uncaring brutes in Trump’s America.
I was NOT calling the thousands of peaceful protestors on Jan 6 terrorists. I would never do so; I have repeatedly, explicitly said the OPPOSITE—denouncing the Democrats’ shameful efforts to do so & to try to paint every Trump voter in America as “terrorists” & “insurrectionists”
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2022
But if there’s anything we know about Trump’s hooting and baying fans, it’s that they abhor weakness and disloyalty — and Cruz is presenting both. If he has ambitions of running for the Presidency in 2024, he’s going to find it hard to make inroads with the Republican voter base after this truly pathetic performance.
Social media users from both sides of the aisle immediately savaged Ted Cruz for the masochistic way he begged Trumpworld for forgiveness:
Imagine apologizing to terrorists. Boy, you are just incapable of any sort of dignity or self-respect. https://t.co/85VwfXqTNQ
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 7, 2022
Imagine proudly tweeting out a clip of you groveling and abasing yourself for seven minutes https://t.co/7WiXf0tnIo
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) January 7, 2022
Imagine proudly tweeting out a clip of you groveling and abasing yourself for seven minutes https://t.co/7WiXf0tnIo
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) January 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1479447070440411136?s=20
Have to be worried about this on a number of different levels. . . He can’t stand up for what he really believes. Trump broke him. Now he is sniveling to a prep school bully. Is the leadership we (or Texans) deserve? https://t.co/NeieSJ5LDy
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) January 7, 2022
This is the human equivalent of rubbing the dog’s nose in it. https://t.co/UOOv0HOQJ8
— Mattie Timmer (@MattieTimmer) January 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/jakkiisaid/status/1479305487438921730?s=20
Spineless scrote. Gutless marvel. Bootlicking human pratfall. Coward. My word choice is precise and people seem to understand exactly what I mean. https://t.co/QD1B1EzXF2
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 7, 2022
Even Republicans got in on the fun:
https://twitter.com/UnTamedInSD/status/1479293420208328705?s=20
Lyin' Ted. He holds the Bible up high and then lies. Trump was right. Again.
— Susan St. James (@SusanStJames3_) January 6, 2022
Lyin Ted's world champion back peddling is hilarious. https://t.co/XSMsnEG6T2
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) January 7, 2022
LYIN’ TED https://t.co/jbr2RrVVrf
— Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 (@ScottMGreer) January 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/AgirlKy/status/1479491043351580683?s=20
Opinion columnist and former editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.