Incumbent Texas Senator Ted Cruz is currently neck-and-neck in the polls with his challenger in the November midterms, Democrat Beto O’Rourke, and it’s safe to say he must be feeling the pressure. And why wouldn’t he? At 45-years-old (just an astounding-seeming two years younger than Cruz himself), O’Rourke is hip, cool, and charismatic as all get out. He skateboards! He used to be in a punk band!
And so far, Cruz’s best efforts to smear his opponent only seem to remind people how cool he is.
Maybe Beto can’t debate Ted Cruz because he already had plans… pic.twitter.com/LdqKTh3yK4
— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 28, 2018
Meanwhile, Ted Cruz really likes … soup?
At any rate, over the holiday weekend, Cruz’s campaign tweeted out the following video intended serve as a “lighthearted reminder” that sometimes O’Rourke says bad words.
A lighthearted reminder: A #LaborDay picnic is a great place to bring the kids. A Beto O’Rourke rally? Not so much… #TXSen
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 3, 2018
Hell yeah Beto is showing the f*ck up!
Except for the fact that, once again, this video was intended to trash O’Rouke by making Texans clutch their pearls, but that’s not exactly the way it comes off. As such, The Ratio was in full effect as people mocked Cruz’s video and turned it against him.
Ted Cruz and the Texas GOP have now warned voters that @BetoORourke likes to (1) eat Whataburgers, (2) drink beer, (3) play in a rock band and (4) occasionally curse.
I’m sure this will all repel Texans, who are famously dainty. https://t.co/4kmuPIYrVb
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/SarahLerner/status/1036696331710947328
https://twitter.com/andrewdamitio/status/1036732518840455168
— 👍 (@Alchemy363) September 4, 2018
Others were quick to remind Cruz that he’s not exactly helping his case by having President Trump campaign for him at an October rally.
A lighthearted reminder: when a man insults your wife in front of a country of 320 million people, you don't hold a rally with him
Not in Texas, not anywhere
How any Texan could vote for a man who won't stand up for his wife is beyond me https://t.co/6XfLNCcJch
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 4, 2018
Which picnic are you at Ted? The one where a guy who brags about grabbing pussy without consent calls your wife ugly and then doesn’t apologize and you end up making phone calls to support him?
That fucking picnic?
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1036689380235042820
Trump called your wife ugly and your father an assassin. Let's hope he never starts talking about your kids.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) September 4, 2018
Ted Cruz, who will speak at a Trump rally in October, is running an attack ad about how his opponent uses foul language: https://t.co/kshwFYUssE
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 3, 2018
Sounds like Beto O’Rourke supporters just got themselves a new rallying call. Oh Teddy, will you ever win?