After spending much of the 2016 campaign known as “Lyin’ Ted” while spitting venom in Trump’s general direction, Senator Ted Cruz traversed a tenuous road to redemption – earning his way back into Trump’s good graces, helping with the cause, and clearly learning much about trolling along the way.
The target of Cruz’s hijinks is Univision owned Deadspin and editor Ashley Feinberg. Hours after Politico ran an article mentioning that Cruz was was trying to improve relations within the GOP, Feinberg latched onto this tidbit:
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Cruz appears intent on building—and in some cases repairing—personal relationships with Republican senators. He started a weekly basketball game in the Russell Building, for example, and has been urging colleagues to attend. (Cruz is said to be a surprisingly good jump-shooter with miserable form.) Tim Scott has played, and Marco Rubio is said to be joining soon. |
The Deadspin editor immediately put out the call for undercover pictures, hoping of course for some shots of Ted lookin’ like an old white guy playing basketball – when Cruz himself, or Barron Trump pretending to be Ted, stopped by with an offering:
@Deadspin what do I win? http://pic.twitter.com/9XuRmmIkJS
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017
What follows is comedy gold as Deadspin loses their cool and Cruz responds:
@Deadspin http://pic.twitter.com/TMiDBco2TB
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017
Feinberg then swats Buzzfeed reporter Matthew Zeitlin:
@MattZeitlin @tedcruz @Deadspin no I’m not……………………………
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin @ashleyfeinberg to be clear everyone, Ashley is getting owned, NOT senator Cruz
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) January 25, 2017
Other reactions were hilarious:
@tedcruz @Deadspin http://pic.twitter.com/e9Bab3xynx
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin Lord have mercy… when you get owned by Ted Cruz http://pic.twitter.com/6fNUrr1K0y
— Casey ?????????? (@C4SEY85) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin http://pic.twitter.com/1QfsxPHtlQ
— M (@chellitis1) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin http://pic.twitter.com/8kCfZTpcFV
— } (@markcromwell) January 25, 2017
…in one nasty tweet @Deadspin, @tedcruz banks cred http://pic.twitter.com/9KEP4UX7iM
— Elizabeth L. Schultz (@ThinkSchultz) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin
What’s even better is that this man is going 2 be the next SCOTUS pick next week. Fly High Ted! You killed these fucks. http://pic.twitter.com/9VEEbMEpQ9— The Cuck Blocker™ (@Ima_Deplorable) January 25, 2017
Conservative review entered stage right with the comic stylings of the guy running their Twitter account:
.@MattZeitlin @tedcruz @Deadspin @ashleyfeinberg Apparently “Literally” owned: http://pic.twitter.com/J6MaJVRnq8
— Conservative Review (@CR) January 25, 2017
This is the best timeline.
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