While this is going on in his state ...
Texas, I'm worried pic.twitter.com/Gh2Nsv7QPw— Aaron E. Carroll (@aaronecarroll) June 15, 2020
... reptilian Trump waterboy Sen. Ted "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz is busy
Listen Hellboy. You talk good game when you’ve got Hollywood makeup & stuntmen. But I’ll bet $10k—to the nonpolitical charity of your choice—that you couldn’t last 5 min in the wrestling ring w/ @Jim_Jordan w/o getting pinned. You up for it? Or does your publicist say too risky? https://t.co/eRerYVe5kj— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 15, 2020
To which Ron "Hellboy" Perlman responded,
I tell you what teddy boy, since mentioning jim jordan and wrestling is... problematic, why don’t we say fuck him and just make it you & me. I’ll give 50k to Black Lives Matter and you can keep all the tax payer money you were thinking of spending. https://t.co/6QDwCaEkpv— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 15, 2020
Mentioning Rep. "Gym" Jordan and wrestling is problematic all right! But it was a challenge Tailgunner Ted was quick to ooze past, just as he oozed past Trump's insults of his father and wife --
I get it, you’re rich. But, apparently, soft. You sure seem scared to wrestle Jordan (whom you keep insulting).
Can’t take the heat? Need to get a manicure? https://t.co/giLnJjZNKr— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 15, 2020
Others wade in --
I challenge this actor to fisticuffs! Not personally but with someone else!— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 15, 2020
Ted should have stuck to using Twitter for porn. https://t.co/ZgS5DUNrQm— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 15, 2020
Very normal senatoring happening today https://t.co/JTxv2KpA5a— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 15, 2020
What great leadership in this time of pandemic and social unrest. Thanks @tedcruz for inspiring us all. https://t.co/MQlLQ3KjBe— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 15, 2020
We need more women leaders https://t.co/qoy7nzkaJD— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 15, 2020
I am embarrassed for this Senator. https://t.co/964f7jS6FC— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 15, 2020
David Simon speaks for us all --
I wouldn't wipe Mitch McConnell's ass with Ted Cruz. Please leave me out of this so I can get some work done. https://t.co/ZiaA053o0R— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 15, 2020
(John Amato spelunks the origins of the would- be epic struggle.)
