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Related: About this forumTed Cruz mistakes 'Western Australia' for 'Washington State' in botched attack on 'power-drunk' Dems
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz apparently confused "Western Australia" with "Washington State" in an attempted attack on Democrats over COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday night.
On Twitter, Cruz falsely suggested that "Washington State" had banned dancing at private parties on New Year's Eve.
"Blue-state Dems are power-drunk authoritarian kill-joys," Cruz wrote. "Washington State: NO DANCING ALLOWED!!! Any rational & free citizen: Piss off."
Cruz later deleted the tweet, but here's a screen shot:
https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2656194838/
Deuxcents
(16,454 posts)Hes a moron
llashram
(6,265 posts)bad, bad combination. Yet Texans who starved and froze to death in a weeks-long power outage voted for this clown. And he laughed all the way to Cancun or wherever these types go.
tanyev
(42,677 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,270 posts)2naSalit
(86,963 posts)It's actually worse. I only know this because I worked for the State of Washington years ago. It is officially the State of Washington, Washington State is a university and both are strict about not confusing the two. So is he accusing the university of overstepping it's jurisdictions, does he even know? (Obviously he doesn't nor has he the curiosity to look into things before reacting negatively.)
Reminds me of...
Pinback
(12,174 posts)WASUP. Go Dingos!
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)Irish_Dem
(48,092 posts)They pander to their base and fund raise at the same time.
Vogon_Glory
(9,137 posts)Didnt someone post copies of the Western Australian regulations concerning the latest COVID restrictions? Didnt copies of those restrictions have watermarks showing the seal of the Australian state of Western Australia? Because I believe I saw images of that on line.
And didnt Carnival Cruz or someone in his office also have a chance to see copies of that document before posting their tweet? If so, a little detective work might have prevented them from appearing to be idiots.
Western Australias state seal has kangaroos on both flanks and a crown on top. The state of Washingtons state seal has George Washington on it. No crown, no kangaroos, no water bird.
Dumb, dumb, dumb, and typical of the carelessness Republicans have with the truth and governance.
But thats to be expected from most Republicans these days.