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One thing I like to think about is how much everyone hates Ted Cruz. Not just his political opponents, but his colleagues, especially, along with his past roommates & acquaintances. Just about everyone who's ever known him hates him. An impressive record of being repellant. https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1301615647730868225
Like this poor guy who had to room with @tedcruz for one year in college & was left with a hatred that burned for decades afterward. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-roommate-porn-craig-mazin_n_59b7cff4e4b031cc65cc995d
Here's a partial compendium of people who hate @tedcruz. I particularly enjoy Republican John Boehner's quote: "I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/a-compendium-of-people-who-hate-ted-cruzs-guts-70684/
Hatred of @tedcruz among the people who have been around him most is so extensive that it has drawn the attention of multiple journalists. Here's @mollyesque trying to explain it: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/why-dc-hates-ted-cruz/426915/
Here's @DavidCornDC & @timothypmurphy having a go at explaining why people call @tedcruz things like "pompous asshole" and "backpfeifengesicht" (German for "face that should be slapped"). https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/ted-cruz-jerk-hated/
Our own @awprokop read @tedcruz's book to try to figure out why everyone hates him, and concluded, yeah, makes sense, he's super terrible. https://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10846212/ted-cruz-republicans-hate
Even @tedcruz's own family seems to get the willies around him. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/election/history-ted-cruz-making-family-uncomfortable-article-1.2600997
Of course, @tedcruz's spin on this is that he "loves" being hated. He actually wants you to hate him! He's not mad, he just thinks it's funny! This is, you will note, exactly the kind of dishonest bullshit that makes people hate him in the first place. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/why-ted-cruz-loves-to-be-hated-213859
Most recently, @tedcruz became even more famous for allowing Trump to insult his father (and wife, I think? or was that someone else's wife?) and then responding by kissing Trump's ass relentlessly once he won the nomination. https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730
And now, @tedcruz -- hated by colleagues, opponents, & acquaintances, utterly ineffectual at accomplishing any of the goals he claims to prioritize, reduced to lickspittle for a tyrant -- spends his days on Twitter playing unfunny stand-up comedian. As his master puts it: sad!
