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gristy

(10,733 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 03:42 PM Jan 26

"Fuck you, Ted"

That's what what he said after Cruz said this:

Mr President, if we get to November of [2026] and people’s 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10–20% at the supermarket, we’re going to go into election day, face a bloodbath,” Cruz said he told the president, according to Axios. “You’re going to lose the House, you’re going to lose the Senate, you’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/ted-cruz-trump-midterm-elections?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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"Fuck you, Ted" (Original Post) gristy Jan 26 OP
He's wrong UpInArms Jan 26 #1
Which Repub Senators are joining us? newdeal2 Jan 26 #9
Dunno for certain UpInArms Jan 26 #10
You think too highly of republican senators fujiyamasan Jan 26 #13
i have very little, if any, regard for the goodness of any republican UpInArms Jan 26 #14
Ted can tell which way the wind is blowing, cloudbase Jan 26 #2
That North wind is cold, gab13by13 Jan 26 #3
The article dates this conversation in early '25. Maru Kitteh Jan 26 #7
Ah, yes. Sorry, should have read more carefully. gristy Jan 26 #11
Meh. Any excuse to say "Fuck You Ted." works for me! Maru Kitteh Jan 26 #15
Dies Irae you GOP MFs.Midterm 281 days to go. bronxiteforever Jan 26 #4
Specifically Traildogbob Jan 26 #5
He's running for president (again) in '28 herding cats Jan 26 #6
Impeached once Cirsium Jan 26 #8
Impeached, indicted, acquitted, impeached, unseated, footnote. Torchlight Jan 26 #12

UpInArms

(55,000 posts)
1. He's wrong
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 03:48 PM
Jan 26

TFG will be impeached immediately and will be removed from office and face criminal charges

Nothing and no one will save him from his prison term

fujiyamasan

(1,702 posts)
13. You think too highly of republican senators
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:10 PM
Jan 26

Don’t delude yourself. It’s not going to happen. The party is the cult of Trump.

UpInArms

(55,000 posts)
14. i have very little, if any, regard for the goodness of any republican
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:13 PM
Jan 26

but they can see the writing on the wall.

their party will be forever doomed if they do not divest themselves of this plague

Maru Kitteh

(31,772 posts)
7. The article dates this conversation in early '25.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:30 PM
Jan 26

So now the question is who wants to revisit this conversation and why.

I would also like to throw my own “Fuck you Ted.” onto the pile before I go though as well.

Traildogbob

(13,024 posts)
5. Specifically
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 03:55 PM
Jan 26

Said “IF we get there”.
Sounds like he was instructing Trump that we should not get there, as is.

herding cats

(20,051 posts)
6. He's running for president (again) in '28
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:05 PM
Jan 26

He's laying the groundwork to try and claim he wasn't responsible for what took place under Trump/Vance.

This is one of the few things I can agree with Trump on, fuck you, Ted.

Torchlight

(6,833 posts)
12. Impeached, indicted, acquitted, impeached, unseated, footnote.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:10 PM
Jan 26

Best riff I can do on Henry's wives pnemonic.

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