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submitted 8 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Ted Cruz has been slammed for joking that Texans should “join me in Cancun” as the state braces for a deep freeze.

“Texans, with the freeze coming, wrap your pipes, cover your plants, stay off icy roads & keep your family safe. And, if it gets too damn cold, join me in Cancun!” he wrote on X.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 273 points 8 months ago

It’s funny because people are going to die and he’s making fun of them before they do.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 116 points 8 months ago

They will vote for him on the way to the graveyard

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 97 points 8 months ago

If you're sick as a dog, you say: 'God I gotta make it.' Even if you vote and then pass away, it's worth it.

Donald Trump, ordering his cultists to sacrifice themselves for his primary race, just yesterday

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

ordering his cultists to sacrifice themselves

And take down a few others in the process!

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

And as they die they will blame Obama for the loss of power.

[-] sab@kbin.social 21 points 8 months ago

Comedy is all about timing after all.

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 87 points 8 months ago

lol over 200 people died when I went to Cancun lol get it guys? Get the joke?????

What an ass.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Classic Republican humor!

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[-] HonorIsDead@lemmy.world 68 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If Ted Cruz sees his shadow in Cancun there will 6 be weeks without power in Texas.

[-] WhosMansIsThis@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago

This is a top tier comment. Thank you.

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[-] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago
[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 27 points 8 months ago

It's Ted Cruz, are we expecting tact or class?

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[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago
[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Come on and JAM!

[-] Pizza_Rat@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Really got'em!

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

O SHIT HE GOT SLAMMED

DID YOU SEE IT

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[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago

I refuse to give any clicks to any headlines that use the word slammed or any derivative or synonym thereof

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

Unless it's a wrestling news website

[-] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 10 points 8 months ago

Or if it's followed by welcoming you to the jam

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Or an article about doors.

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[-] crackajack@reddthat.com 7 points 8 months ago

Never click anything from The Independent. They're clickbait shit.

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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Who keeps voting for this professional gimp? Do you guys get off on making your own lives worse? Has he done anything to help you or people you know? It's not a sports team, you don't have to be loyal, it's just a bad politician.

[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

They get off on making others' lives worse, even when it brings theirs down. Remember Cruz was part of the Tea Party, the super crazies that threw the republican party even further right and helped pave the way for Maga.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 43 points 8 months ago

Read the room, asshole.

Enjoy taxpayer-funded trips to Cancun while you can, because you're on the ticket in November, and you won't have the benefit of being in an off-year election or Conservative Californians this time.

[-] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately he’ll still win. Remember Uvalde voted for Abbot after the school shooting. After it exposed the absolute incompetence of their leadership they said “yep that’s who we want”. Cruz is sadly safely in his seat.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 8 months ago

He's not. His polling numbers in the off-years coupled with the guaranteed higher voter turnout and Millennials and Gen Z showing up to vote should worry him.

[-] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’d be very very happily surprised - I hope you’re right!

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Bold of you to assume taxpayers fund the majority of his income. Ted Cruz is an extremely corrupt politician.

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[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

Wait. Texas hasn't lynched his ass yet? Damn. I just assumed those cowboys'd getterdun already. Hunh. Must be more talk than walk, I guess.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Texas deserves what it voted for at this point

[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, the children who aren't even old enough to vote and the people who vote blue clearly deserve to freeze to death while the politicians other people put in power make callous jokes about it.

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[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

Flapping mouths and getting "slammed" is never news. Yeah he sucks we get it.

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[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 15 points 8 months ago

Let them eat cake.

[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

There are so many unserious people in power right now it is crazy.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

"i like ted cruz more than most of my other colleagues like ted cruz. and i hate ted cruz." - al franken

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[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago

Gosh, Texans have no chill /s

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago

No, that's the problem. They have too much chill.

[-] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Fuck you, Ted.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Not surprising. Many Texans thought it was not funny.

[-] Haha@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Wow yeah he really got slammed… sure…

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