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Jilly_in_VA

(14,361 posts)
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:07 PM Sep 2023

MSNBC Hosts Can't Stop Laughing At 'Desperate' Ted Cruz's Most Cringe Moment Yet

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan and Ayman Mohyeldin called out Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for a “cringe” TV appearance where he sipped a beer angrily and said anyone who suggested that people limit themselves to two alcoholic drinks per week can “kiss my ass.”

Hasan said Cruz is “more desperate for attention than any human being since perhaps the rise of Paris Hilton,” and pointed out that his entire claim is “nonsense.”

The guidelines for alcohol, which currently suggest a limit of two drinks per day for men and one for women, aren’t changing anytime soon. If and when they do, they’ll remain only guidelines, and people would still be able to drink however much they wanted, Hasan noted.

“It’s like the whole ‘they’re coming for your gas stoves’ thing. It’s a manufactured story to rile up the base,” Hasan said. “It’s another reminder that no one has more contempt for the Republican base than Republican politicians like Ted Cruz.”

Mohyeldin called it “cringe” and said it reminded him of the time Cruz released a video showing him cooking bacon on a machine gun and eating a tiny piece of it with a plastic fork.

“He’s always clamoring for attention, he’s always clamoring for relevance,” Mohyeldin said. “He feigns outrage. He pretends to be a tough guy.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mehdi-hasan-ted-cruz-desperate_n_64f56889e4b02eee30c31f29

Rafaelito is a showboat but he's really a wuss. I don't know how/why his gamily puts up with him.

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MSNBC Hosts Can't Stop Laughing At 'Desperate' Ted Cruz's Most Cringe Moment Yet (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 OP
What the fuck is Cruz on about? Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #1
This is why... TSExile Sep 2023 #2
DeSantis is giving Cruz a run for the money for "least likable" Blue Owl Sep 2023 #3
"tough guy" keithbvadu2 Sep 2023 #4
Yeah Cancun cruz.. "tough guy" Cha Sep 2023 #6
Even the bacon bit was phony. The video cut away to a morsel of properly fried bacon. John1956PA Sep 2023 #5
If his gamily tolerates him, maybe it's because they stink too? Maru Kitteh Sep 2023 #7
Come on Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 #8
Gamily. It was a pun, based on a typo. GAMily. Maru Kitteh Sep 2023 #9

Elessar Zappa

(16,385 posts)
1. What the fuck is Cruz on about?
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:09 PM
Sep 2023

Which liberal said that two drinks a week is the maximum? Asshole.

TSExile

(3,363 posts)
2. This is why...
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:15 PM
Sep 2023

Mehdi and Ayman are two of my favorite MSNBC hosts. Their handoffs are always fun.

Blue Owl

(59,086 posts)
3. DeSantis is giving Cruz a run for the money for "least likable"
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:35 PM
Sep 2023

MoRon wipes his boogers on anything that moves, and Ted eats them

John1956PA

(4,964 posts)
5. Even the bacon bit was phony. The video cut away to a morsel of properly fried bacon.
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:48 PM
Sep 2023

Going around these days are all kinds of opinions on the health-sustaining limits of alcohol consumption. You are correct. The opinions are only suggested guidelines. Cruz is indeed trying to conjure a non-existent straw enemy to which he boldly bellers his vomitous insult.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,361 posts)
8. Come on
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 06:05 PM
Sep 2023

That's a rude thing to say about the kids, especially since they're teens. The older one tried to unalive herself just last year and has publicly denounced her father, but she is only about 15.

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