Ever since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been known as the most hated person on the upper chamber of Congress, even among members of his own party.
And now Cruz is picking yet another fight with a fellow Republican, but this time he chose the wrong person to go to war with.
Over the weekend on CNN, there was a discussion of who in the GOP might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. It included a mention of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who has been a critic of failed, one-term former President Donald Trump and his apologists. Here’s the video:
Cruz, who seems to have a pathological need to be a Twitter troll (despite that fact that he’s no good at it and usually winds up owning himself), couldn’t resist commenting on the CNN debate:
“Yes. It’s called the Democratic primary.”
Cheney was more than equal to the challenge from Cruz, cutting him to the quick with this reply:
“I know you’re posturing for the secessionist vote, Ted. But my party, the Republican party, saved the Union. You swore an oath to the Constitution. Act like it.”
And then Cheney got support from another Republican and even a Democrat, both from the House, who were only too happy to remind Cruz that he’s been a slavish sycophant for Trump despite the fact that the ex-president accused the senator’s father of being involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy and suggested that his wife, Heidi, is ugly.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who serves on the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection with Cheney, poured salt on Cruz’s social media wounds:
“Damn son Liz brought the heat on you!”
Cruz desperately tried to counter with this pathetic retort:
“These two need to hurry up and get their bottom-rated @msnbc show.”
Kinzinger responded:
“Senator, you’ve been given a huge position to lead and tell people truth. Yet you have squandered it on lies and abused the patriotism of those who trusted you. I will have zero regrets… will you?”
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) also blasted Cruz by mentioning him in a perfectly worded follow-up to Kinzinger’s tweet:
“Adam, if you want @tedcruz’s support you’re going to have to attack his wife.”
That led to this reminder for Cruz about what had just happened to him as a result of his childish attack on Cheney:
Yep. Burned Rafael right down to the Texas dirt he came from.
