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Ted "Raphael" Cruz wants everyone to stop attacking those poor pedos 😭

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/ted-cruz-says-stop-attacking-pedophiles-in-gaffe-during-senate-hearing/

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[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

So does this mean there's a 10,000% chance he's in those files?

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope. Pleased to see someone sees it.

I'll never willingly call a Canadian-born Cuban who serves America-first racist fascists "intelligent", but he's definitely educated and he does things on purpose.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

i will however merrily call him Rafael Edward Cruz, until such a time that he loudly proclaims that he supports trans people's right to change their names.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago
[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

Attention people who like to overuse the phrase “saying the quiet part out loud”:

THIS is your new standard.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Shouldn't it read Raphael "Ted" Cruz since his name actually is Raphael

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah yeah you're right. I was just going off the spelling in the post.

[–] CubitOom 15 points 1 week ago

Is it still a gaffe when it's a Freudian slip?

[–] Nobody@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 week ago

“Sorry, guys. I said the billionaires’ and their servants’ club line out loud in front of cameras. I hope I’m still invited to Epstein Island 2.0 this weekend.”

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I mean, he's a champion of the party of child marriage. Of course he wants people to stop attacking them.

So inspiring.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I wonder what he actually meant. I assume he meant stop attacking people by calling them pedos.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

He's on the list 100%