Ted Cruz uncorks profane rant on neighbors who leaked chats about Cancun vacation plans

[DonViejo]

Brad Reed
February 23, 2021

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During an appearance on the "Ruthless" podcast hosted by former Mitch McConnell campaign manager Josh Holmes, Cruz ranted about neighbors who were included in group chats started by wife Heidi Cruz in which she informed them of the family's plans to escape snowstorm-stricken Texas to stay on the warm beaches of Cancun.

"I will say, Heidi was pretty pissed at that," Cruz said. "She was over at the neighbor's house yesterday, sort of walking through that... We have a number of Republicans who are neighbors but we also have a lot of Democrats, folks on our streets who put up Beto signs, which I thought was a little rude." Cruz then called out his neighbors for being so disrespectful toward him.

"Here's a suggestion: Just don't be assh*les," Cruz fumed. "Yeah, like, just, you know, treat each other as human beings have some degree, some modicum of respect."

Listen to the podcast below -- Cruz begins talking about the neighbors at around 47:30.

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-neighbors/

[MontanaMama]

1. Wow.

I guess Ted is actually the victim here.

[Blaukraut]

2. He thought it was rude that some neighbors put up Beto signs?

Well the nerve of those mean people, expressing their support of someone other than poor widdle Ted

[LisaM]

7. I know, right?

I could cut him a little slack on the leaked text messages, but then he makes that dumb remark.

Doesn't he think it was rude to put huge Trump flags on big pickups and drive them through liberal neighborhoods?

[Blaukraut]

10. Nah, it's freedom of speech when they do it, dontcha know? n/t

[bullwinkle428]

19. That was a "holy shit" moment for me, too - he really is even more

thin-skinned than his "lord and master"!

[Caliman73]

3. Well, if your motto is "just don't be assholes" then you should resign Cruz.

You just can't help being an asshole. Nobody likes you who has ever worked with you so... perhaps you just need to retire from public life and limit your contact with human beings.

[SharonClark]

4. Neighbors putting up Beto yard signs is somehow "rude"?

Naw, what trump said about his wife is rude.

[Irish_Dem]

22. He is a true narcissist.

Always about him.
No respect for his neighbors' right to free speech and right to disagree with him.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Respect is earned, Ted

So is lack of respect.

[still_one]

6. Instead of being sorry for what he did, instead he is angry that he got caught

[Irish_Dem]

23. They are always victims. Never take any responsibility.

[Siwsan]

8. Poor victimized Ted.

[Sur Zobra]

9. His rant sounds like parody to me,

but I guess it’s real

[JCMach1]

11. Not being an asshole starts at home!

[tanyev]

12. Never even occurred to them that some people in the group chat might think

that a senator fleeing to Cancun to escape a statewide crisis is the epitome of being an asshole.

[Thomas Hurt]

13. Just seems everytime a christofascist opens their mouth they are being hypocritical and projecting.

[gratuitous]

14. Sounds like Ted and Heidi aren't quite sure who ratted them out

I'm sure they strongly suspect those rude Democrats, but they obviously can't be sure it wasn't their Republican friends. What sort of a person do you have to be that you can't be sure who betrayed you? An asshole?

[SlogginThroughIt]

15. If people are being assholes to you...

If people are being assholes to you, here’s a suggestion. Stop being an asshole yourself.

[lpbk2713]

16. Being an asshole is all a matter of perspective.

And the Cruz perspective isn't worth a damn.

I'm glad he has (D) neighbors who will keep him on his toes.

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. Ted Cruz telling someone "Don't be an asshole"?

Irony just slipped into a coma.

[lunatica]

18. Good. He's rattled and pissed off

The smirk is gone for moment. Kudos to his Beto loving neighbors!

[jayfish]

20. I Cried a Little.

"Ruthless" indeed.

[central scrutinizer]

21. So did the neighbors arrange for the airport photos?

He was busted by many people at the airport who recognized his ugly puss even with the mask.

[Pongo]

24. I find this man despicable. He's so creepy.

His politics aside, I think he’s really not a nice person.

[madinmaryland]

25. Rand Paul's neighbor needs to visit Ted. He'll straighten thing out with teddy boy.