Twitter Dunks On Ted Cruz After Tweet He Claims Was “Irony”

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February 15, 2021, 8:48 am

Conservatives are still trying to milk the scandal surrounding Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian for all the outrage it’s worth. And because it might get him some free publicity, obviously Senator Ted Cruz has jumped into the fray.

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Cruz had previously decried Carano’s firing over her repeatedly offensive social media posts, insisting that Disney “canceled her” because her character wasn’t a “victim” and called her “instrumental in making Star Wars fun again.”

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Over the weekend, he retweeted a post from The Babylon Bee—a far-right parody website—mocking Disney for “looking for strong, fierce women who are also obedient, submissive, and docile,” in reference to recasting Carano’s role and expecting their actors to not repeatedly embarrass themselves and the company with their bigotry on social media.

“I wish this was parody,” Cruz wrote.

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People were quick to point out that The Babylon Bee is, in fact, a satire website.

The fight for relevance is never ending with that one.

— Johwondine Sarojini (@Johwondine) February 15, 2021

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Cruz doubled down and insisted he knows exactly what the Bee is, and that that was the point.

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Regardless, his intent with the comment is the same—he genuinely believes Disney is looking for a puppet to control, just because they decided anti-Semitism didn’t fit their public image.

Of course, Cruz has been eager to support business’s rights when it suits him.

Don’t forget everytime @tedcruz cries about being cancelled by a private company that he pushed to a allow a bakery to deny service to a gay couple AND he was still wrong about why that case was considered narrow

You can’t have it both ways pic.twitter.com/zJojVaJsv1

— “Maezriel” (@MaezrielGG) February 15, 2021

Basically, the whole thing just turned into a Cruz-dunking fest—as usual.

.@tedcruz evolution: most hated person in senate => dude Don Trump mocked & beat => dude Don Trump mocked (including calling wife ugly & accusing dad of assassinating JFK) but still kisses the ring => cowardly failed insurrectionist for Trump Family => pathetic internet troll

— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) February 15, 2021

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# 2 Cruz still thinks he has a shot at running for #47. God forbid

— Dan Byrne Jr (@DRBJR57) February 15, 2021

There is a reason there are no conservative comedians. They just aren’t funny.

— ron elvis (@ronelvis1) February 15, 2021

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Some things never change.

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*First Published: February 15, 2021, 8:48 am