Ted Cruz Mocked for Mixing Up Washington, Western Australia He ranted against 'power-drunk killjoys'

[Demovictory9]

Sen. Ted Cruz deleted a tweet after mixing up Washington state and another WA—Western Australia. The Republican senator retweeted a screenshot in which a WA Government account confirmed that dancing was banned at all New Year's events, PerthNow reports.

"Blue-state Dems are power-drunk authoritarian kill-joys," wrote Cruz, a frequent critic of COVID restrictions. "Washington State: NO DANCING ALLOWED!!! Any rational & free citizen: Piss off." He was soon mocked by critics including Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who told Cruz: " Hey Ted, WA is Western Australia. But cool tweet."

Before Cruz deleted the tweet, it was saved—and shared—by Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, among others reports the Guardian. Since Cruz deleted it, "I’ll post as a reminder to all of us to DO YOUR RESEARCH before posting misinformation," Kinzinger tweeted.

Western Australia, which has recorded a total of 1,158 COVID cases and nine COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began, has stepped up restrictions in Perth amid an outbreak that started with an infected French backpacker. The dancing ban was brought in on Dec. 23 and authorities say they plan to lift it on Jan. 4.

https://www.newser.com/story/315110/ted-cruz-mocked-for-mixing-up-washington-western-australia.html

[Walleye]

1. The killjoy is the virus. Mind boggling that they don't get that

[tanyev]

2. I'm starting to think ol' Ted's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

[MineralMan]

3. I used to have a couple of mineral collector customers

in Western Australia. After getting a couple of packages returned by the USPS, I stopped using W.A. as part of the address. Despite having AUSTRALIA on the bottom line of the address label, those packages still got misdirected to Washington state. Once I started spelling Western Australia out, that problem disappeared.

[Demovictory9]

7. now I understand why you are "MineralMan"

[MineralMan]

8. Yeah. I closed that business down in 2007, though.

It was no longer viable, since so many people were doing the same thing. In the beginning, I was one of the first three mineral dealers on the Internet. Worked fine back then. Later, not so much.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. teddy is a prime example of a dumb smart person.

[TexasTowelie]

5. I double-check when I see "LA."

Is that for Los Angeles or Louisiana?

[Midnight Writer]

6. Ted's not dumb. His followers will swallow his garbage and never see any correction.

I would not be surprised to hear this nonsense regurgitated by one of my neighbors.

[Demovictory9]

10. true... when I engage with Magats online... they have belief in things that cannot be shaken

regarding negative activities by the Obamas, Clintons and now Biden.

[SWBTATTReg]

9. Another reason not to ever elect or vote for this idiot, who goes flying off the mouth as soon as ..

he can, based upon the slimmest of evidence...