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Liam O'Dell
Aug 10, 2021
Texas senator Ted Cruz is once again being roasted online, after he accused congressional Democrats of having a “herd mentality” where they “obey Chuck Schumer”, the party’s majority leader in the Senate.
The comments came as the Republican – who’s part of the Senate Judiciary Committee - spoke to Fox News’ Sean Hannity about his opposition to the creation of a vaccine passport system to deal with the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“It’s a weird thing, Sean. There’s a weird mentality among congressional Democrats that they obey Chuck Schumer and they’ll only answer as ‘sir, yes, sir’,” he said.
However, when a clip of the interview was shared to Twitter on Sunday, the irony wasn’t lost on some people – particularly in relation to a certain former US president whose name sounds like the British term for a fart, and who NPRclaimed now “owns the Republican party”…
No idea whom that could be.
People have since responded to the video to accuse Cruz of “projection” and “hypocrisy”:
@Acyn @tedcruz @tedctuz retweeted this. At 9:44 pm. Unaware that the joke's on him.— Frank Amari (@Frank Amari) 1628559975
@Acyn 😂 Did your lord and master approve of this tweet? https://t.co/itobioqBis— Brad Norris (@Brad Norris) 1628560645
@Acyn The lack of self awareness is astounding.— Mrs. K. Cleary (@Mrs. K. Cleary) 1628558982
@Acyn The projection detector just exploded.— Twice-Impeached, One-Term Trumpy (parody) (@Twice-Impeached, One-Term Trumpy (parody)) 1628559097
@Acyn Is he self aware?— Vaccinated Knid (@Vaccinated Knid) 1628559356
@Acyn This is scorched with irony, Teddy.— In loving memory of my daughter (@In loving memory of my daughter) 1628558655
@Acyn Ted Cruz obeying one guy. https://t.co/d0qEM3iD1Y— a patel (@a patel) 1628558639
@Acyn You just can’t make this shit up🤦♂️🤪— curt (@curt) 1628563755
@Acyn Sigh… https://t.co/VEKxiXpLcV— Donny Lowrider (@Donny Lowrider) 1628558487
@Acyn The hypocrisy is outstanding— Braden 🟠🇨🇦 (@Braden 🟠🇨🇦) 1628558468
@Acyn The hypocrisy is complete. This is a joke, right? @tedcruz— Mazi Chidi (@Mazi Chidi) 1628560744
To avoid future embarrassment for the politician, we recommend he deploys a tactic known as Cruz control…