Evidence in picture: Ted Cruz doesn't know how to hug somebody.

[DetlefK]

http://gawker.com/failed-candidate-ted-cruz-elbows-wife-in-face-1774591248

[auntpurl]

1. I don't know why, but this is hilarious.

[Human101948]

2. Looks like group sex gone bad...

You could break something doing that!

[Katashi_itto]

3. "Getting these Hu-man mannerisms down is so frustrating..."

[auntpurl]

6. "Hi, I'm Ted Cruz..."

[JVS]

4. This is unsurprising in light of his inability to hold hands.

[Orrex]

5. And why is he eating that man's ear?

[snooper2]

7. Is that old dude his father?

old dude looks like one hell of an asshole just judging his appearance

[malaise]

8. Yes

The video is a metaphor for how ReTHUGs view women.

[Orrex]

9. Did he go for the double elbow strike after the knuckle sandwich?

One forward, one back?

[malaise]

10. Looks so

He's one of the most awkward persons I've ever seen - a first rate klutz.

[Orrex]

11. It seems like he read about human interaction in a poorly translated manual

And he's trying to pass as a human after minimal practice.

[malaise]

12. +1,000

I maintain that his desire to be more American than persons born in the US and the Jindal variety came via TV shows and he's one lousy actor - he's so fugging fake that he probably doesn't breathe normally.

[auntpurl]

13. "I'm Ted Cruz, politician and regular human being who does not have a carapace!"

"Ignore those clicking noises!"

[octoberlib]

14. I don't think he was hugged a lot as a child. I'm sure Cruz has all kinds of issues from

his Dominionist upbringing.

[Orrex]

15. Regarding that "Dominionist" stuff...

In the seven-season insomnia cure known as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the Dominion were a race of liquid-based shapeshifters who often masqueraded as humans (with varying degrees of success)

[octoberlib]

16. Aha! I knew there was something not quite human about Ted.