![]() It’s very “sending my regrets” coupled with “here’s exactly how I’m coping in ways that you could too.” Together those two elements equal one side-eye emoji. But only one texter took the time to write out every way she was staying warm in her home, including her down comforter and the above-mentioned Chillys, which sounds a lot like the subtle “don’t do this” signaling that we’ve all probably come across in group chats since last March. This is a wild guess to be clear, and it could have been any of the ten others, all anonymized by whomever did the leaking. Per the messages and counter to Cruz’s initial statement, Heidi was the one who organized the trip, talking up a $309-a-night resort that she had stayed in “many times.” There were those who responded with interest, another who questioned whether testing for COVID would be available, one who said they were leaving for Cabo on Friday, and one more who was like, “no <3.” It was apparently an 11-person group chat, named “Lovelies,” that broke the story wide open. (Cruz has since copped to making a “mistake” and said he regretted the trip because of the “firestorm” it caused.) It was, to recap, that his daughters wanted to go on a vacation with their friends and he was just briefly escorting them down there. Late Thursday, an outlet called Reform Austin revealed (and national outlets confirmed the authenticity of) text messages between Heidi that counter pretty much everything Cruz initially said in his statement on why he flew to Mexico in the middle of one of the worst natural disasters in Texas’s history. It just, like everything else in this story, makes him look worse and worse. To be fair, the big reveal of the role she played in the family’s Cancún kerfuffle is the one thing that can’t actually be blamed on Ted. Cruz's filibuster is self-refuting." - Ezra Kleinġ0.Ted Cruz, a walking farce and Republican senator from Texas, has not only thrown his children under the bus in his latest scandal, but also wrapped his wife, Heidi, up in it. He's making a broad, quasi-philosophical argument that senators should more fully reflect public opinion. Instead he's arguing that we need to #MakeDCListen. ![]() He could just be up there arguing against Obamacare. "It's so odd Cruz has chosen this argument. "You, kind reader, could talk for 10 hours in your house and it would have the same practical effect on the Senate outcome (and make bathroom breaks much easier)." - Marc Tracyĩ. 'And Louie makes great ribs.' - The Daily Caller, making fun of the Texas senatorĨ. ![]() 'I really do love the book Team of Rivals,' Obama declares at the press conference. Step Two: With Biden temporarily (it was a small meteor) unable to perform his duties as vice president, Barack Obama shocks the political world by nominating Texas Republican Rep. Read up, GOP establishment: Step One: A meteor hits Joe Biden. "I present to you an even more plausible pathway to victory for Ted Cruz and defund Obamacare movement, in just six steps. And you're all invited to join me when I get that letter of marque and reprisal." - Utah Senator Mike Leeħ. ![]() "Regardless of how long I might serve in the United States Senate I hope one day to be granted a letter of marque and reprisal so that I could become a pirate as I longed to be as a child. I went to the University of Missouri, I did not go to Harvard, but my daughter texted me this morning and said 'Mom, does he not know the point of the story?' It's that you can't knock things until you try it." - Claire McCaskill's literary criticism of another of Ted Cruz's on-air book choices (although we concede that this is adorable)Ħ. "I thought it was interesting that Ted Cruz used Green Eggs and Ham. "It is just a form of governmental terrorism." - New York Representative Peter King's feelings about Ted Cruz's marathon Ayn Rand reading.ĥ. I salute that message." - Ted Cruz, quoting Ashton Kutcher. ![]() "Those in my timeline saying filibuster will do nothing really loved Abortion Barbie's filibuster that didn't stop TX." - Erick Erickson, failing to understand what a filibuster is.ģ. "The moon might be as intimidating as Obamacare." - Senator Ted Cruz, Tea Party poet laureateĢ. ![]()
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