CNN’s Twitter Feed Destroys Walking Punchline Ted Cruz After He Criticizes Reporter

Ted Cruz has spent overmuch of the past twelvemonth arsenic a walking punch line. You would ne'er cognize it from his Twitter feed, though. The Texas legislator often and without a consciousness of irony bashes different instrumentality makers and media personalities.

He tried to bash this connected Monday, ripping into CNN’s Clarissa Ward for reporting from Kabul successful a burka. The Twitter provender for CNN was speedy to teardrop him up implicit it.

Conservative conspiracy theorist Jake Posobiec tweeted a video of Ward reporting and wrote, “‘They’re chanting Death to America, but they look affable astatine the aforesaid time.'”

Cruz retweeted the message, writing, “Is determination an force of America for whom CNN WON’T cheerlead? (In mandatory burkas, nary less.)”

CNN responded to the remark, “Rather than moving disconnected to Cancun successful pugnacious times,  Clarissa Ward is risking her beingness to archer the satellite what’s happening. That’s called bravery. Instead of RTing a conspiracy theorist’s misleading soundbite, possibly your clip would beryllium amended spent helping Americans successful harm’s way.”