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Joanna Taylor
Feb 12, 2021
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Ted Cruz sparked a backlash with his “out of touch” tweet about Black History Month.
The Texas senator accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Turner Network Television (TNT) of “obvious bias” against Republicans for honouring Black Democrats as part of a Black History Month segment.
He went on to question why Barack Obama, Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams were pictured on screen but not Black Republicans like Tim Scott or Condi Rice.
People pointed out that he has no place telling the NBA – or anyone, for that matter – which Black political figures they should or shouldn’t be celebrating.
They added that the figures that were chosen are “known for fighting for Black people’s rights”: Obama and Harris made history as the first Black president and the first Black, Indian and female Vice President while Abrams was the first Black woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address.
She was also recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for galvanizing voters in Georgia ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
One was a two term POTUS and the other is the current VPOTUS but go off king https://t.co/LLKguzACP2— Oliver Willis (@Oliver Willis) 1613106377
The "Why don't Black people praise the Black people that white people like?" of tweets. https://t.co/I83wMq8nHX— Ragnarok Lobster (@Ragnarok Lobster) 1613110198
Leave Black History to us... https://t.co/781P9KBp9B— Loni Love (@Loni Love) 1613105561
Didn’t you vote to disenfranchise thousands of Black voters hours after a mob stormed the Capitol just last month? https://t.co/DGDM76ktqv— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1613104881
@tedcruz Looks like they selected black people knows for fighting for black people’s rights. Try again Ted.— Sweet Texas Tea (@Sweet Texas Tea) 1613098681
What a disingenuous tweet. Obama was the first Black POTUS. Harris is the first Black and female VP. Stacey Abrams… https://t.co/ICclmYWeHI— Victoria Brownworth (@Victoria Brownworth) 1613109170
@tedcruz Ted Cruz: I want to disenfranchise black voters to help Trump stay in power Also Ted Cruz: You aren’t ce… https://t.co/QdN5OZ1953— Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@Noble Prize in Sarcasm) 1613103138
People also wondered why he couldn’t just keep his thoughts to himself.
@tedcruz Ted, you REALLY don't have to post EVERY thought that drools out of your head.— Cat Food Casserole (@Cat Food Casserole) 1613099586
@tedcruz bro can you just enjoy a basketball game?— AK (@AK) 1613098477
With the ex-president he served under for four years currently on trial for inciting insurrection in the US Capitol, he should probably have bigger things to worry about than the lack of Republican representation on TNT.
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