"He also talked about how much he's loved coaching girls' basketball, coaching his daughters in basketball. And he mentioned he may never coach again," Sen. Ted Cruz highlights the collateral damage of the accusations against Brett Kavanaugh. https://t.co/NmIZm7XrXq pic.twitter.com/elSGlVV6eU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 28, 2018
Ted Cruz spoke in defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday, trying to throw a pity party over the fact that an accused rapist’s life has supposedly been ruined due to the sexual assault allegations that have recently been brought to light. Repeating some of Kavanaugh’s talking points from his Thursday testimony, Cruz claimed that the good judge’s family has been “destroyed” by the so-called smears, and that for the rest of their lives, his daughters will be forced to interact with people who think their dad is a rapist.
Cruz also lamented the fact that the allegations may prevent Kavanaugh from ever teaching at Harvard again.
“And that’s entirely possible,” he said. “Even if Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court as a sitting justice, in our polarized world, I think it’s entirely possible those on the left would say, ‘We don’t want someone we believe is a rapist ever teaching again.'”
Um, is it bad to not want rapist teachers? At any rate, after a long, dramatic pause for effect, Cruz continued, bemoaning that Kavanaugh may likewise never get to participate in his beloved pastime, coaching girls basketball. “That’s a very real possible consequence of the mud slinging and irresponsible behavior of the last two weeks,” he claimed. “It may well be in this tribalized, partisan, divided world, that the parents of the other girls say, ‘No, we don’t want him as a coach anymore.'”
Counterpoint: bro, did you even hear her testimony? Suffice to say, the rest of the world did, and those on Twitter were not exactly moved by Cruz’s words.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1045703098050785280
Ted Cruz is lying about Thursday's testimony by the bucketful.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 28, 2018
Ted Cruz lecturing me on the horror of Brett Kavanaugh maybe possibly not being able to coach youth basketball again has definitely changed my opinion about giving a credibly accused attempted rapist a lifetime SCOTUS appointment. Well played, Ted.
— Jon Zal (@jon_zal) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/1045703647747874816
https://twitter.com/megvovo/status/1045702936712507392
Ted Cruz is lecturing America on decency on live TV
This is a thing that is really happening
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/AndrewKirell/status/1045702436512571392
Ted Cruz, eternal dipshit, makes the case for the opposition.
Kavanaugh probably won't be able to teach at Harvard anymore. He likely won't be able to coach girls basketball anymore.
But at the very least, a proven liar under oath, is good enough for the Supreme Court?
— Pete Smith (@_PeteSmith_) September 28, 2018
This is free advertising for Beto O'Rourke
— Daniel Larison (@DanielLarison) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/ClaudiaMaarie/status/1045702767506001920
"he may never coach again" Ted Cruz on the sufferings of the last two weeks.
— Beel (@tomservo10) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/heyyyymel/status/1045702765580759040
https://twitter.com/kristinrawls/status/1045702789039607810
This is not likely to improve Cruz’s standing in the court of public opinion after he and his wife were driven out of a Washington D.C. restaurant earlier this week. In response, his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke tweeted that Cruz and his family should be treated with respect. In light of recent news, however, that seems debatable.