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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Ted Cruz. The ULTIMATE bottom.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 41 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Why is this foreign born person still in the US? Didn't Trump say he wanted to deport naturalized citizens? Deport ~~Ted~~ Rafael Edward Cruz back to Canada! Send him back!

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

After all the shit you're giving us to deal with in Canada this would be the final straw that leads to war. He's a product of your culture and his power comes from you, he's your creation.

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago

lol he even voted against his own plan. Imagine being the schmuck who was the one dissenting vote

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 23 points 23 hours ago

Rafael Cruz hates Rafael Cruz so much that he voted against his own amendment.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Stop giving broadband funds globally, it's just squandered, it needs to be manually voted on and approved per project.

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Agreed. Make them do the work first ffs or something. Tired of these "providers" getting free money for shit they dont even do.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 168 points 1 day ago (4 children)

“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”

  • John Boehner

„Everyone hates Ted“

  • Donald Trump
[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"I do not like that man Ted Cruz..." - John Oliver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wckRIrz2w

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 117 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.

―Lindsey Graham

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

I think this is my favorite GOP quote of all time.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 1 day ago

I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.

-Al Franken

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago

"Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz: I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."

  • Al Franken
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Rafael doesn't belive in preferred names. Stop calling Rafael, Ted.

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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 136 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 23 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

If you want to see how ignorant some voters can be, there is really no better evidence than Ted Cruz.

I followed his recent Senate race in Texas. In a campaign speech, Cruz said he was fighting the elite.

  • His father owns an oil company in Canada.
  • He attended a private prep school in Houston. His classmates were Bush family kids.
  • He attended Harvard University and Princeton
  • His wife Heidi Cruz is a top executive at Goldman Sachs

This guy is fighting the establishment? Are you kidding me? 🤦🤦🤦.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You have to remember it's not about facts, it's about feelings. As I always say, we're all susceptible to that to some extent, but the republicans have it bad.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

I honestly don't understand how he still gets elected here. I would cry systematic election fraud in Texas but the majority of my parents generation seemingly doesn't vote at all. But their parents who just watch Fox News all day sure fucking do.

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 82 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So what I'm hearing is this is a bill to distract from more important things and to delay.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Not really, the entire bill is the worst thing to happen to the USA in a hundred years, Ted Cruz's tiny portion was just so stupid that even the party of destruction disliked it.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I thought the 1 vote had to be ~~the Zodiac killer~~ Ted Cruz, but no:

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

Did he just not get the memo, or is he that paid off?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So unless my math is wrong there are 100 senators. And if the only yes vote was my own lovely senator Tillis, Cruz voted against his own thing?!?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup, even Cruz voted against it. Reality is truly stranger than fiction.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 1 day ago

maybe check from openai didn't clear

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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

And how does anyone vote for something that's 99-1 unless you happen to be the first? Some things you should make a principled stand sure, but that's not this.

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But states rights? What happened to states rights?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 day ago

states' rights to opress people was the full thought

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

States rights was never really an ideal (in general, if it's wrong to allow something in one state, it'd be wrong to allow it in the rest, after all). It was just a thing to bring out whenever the federal government disagreed with something they wanted but some states didn't. But now that they control the federal government, it becomes a liability, so they drop it.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.

🤣🤣🤣

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

So... Ted voted against his own bill?

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago

Ted Cruz can go fuck himself.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So how much did this cost?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

False, nobody can ever lose respect for Ted Cruz. There's none to lose.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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