U.S. Senator Ted Cruz

The New Republic reports a fat joke from Sen. Ted Cruz’ (R-Texas) to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) went bad after Pritzker and social media posters turned on him.

During an interview on right-wing entertainment channel Newsmax, Cruz called Pritzker a “bigot” for objecting to President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard in Chicago.

“What a disgusting, racist bigot JB Pritzker is,” Cruz said, implying that the governor’s disagreement with Trump were a slight against Latinos. “And listen, I don’t want to get between JB Pritzker and the Domino’s pizza line, but I’ll tell you what I am willing to get between: It is him and his open doors for every human trafficker, every drug trafficker, every MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gang member.”

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Pritzker did not let Cruz’ lob go unchallenged, however, and invoked the infamous image of Cruz fleeing Texas — and his constituents — after a statewide electrical failure left "2 to 3 million Texans" without power, by Cruz’ own claim.

“And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas,” Pritzker responded on X to wide acclaim.

“Touché,” posted one critic, one of many slamming Cruz or cheering the Illinois governor.

“This petty s—— is why I voted for Pritzker … Twice,” said another commenter on X.

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“I love my governor so much,” chimed a third.

Other critics complained that Cruz was not a lightweight himself, with one commenter joking “Ted is his own worst enemy” and another posting “It's not like Teddy Bear is exactly skinny.”

Read the New Republic report at this link.