13 horrified reactions to Ted Cruz making a Zodiac Killer joke
For years, people have been suggesting that Republican Senator Ted Cruz is the notorious Zodiac Killer, in spite of the fact that he wasn’t even born when the killings began. For Halloween this year, he played along with the joke, tweeting out a weird cryptogram that was sent to a newspaper by the genuine killer.
Happy Halloween pic.twitter.com/jIgTaIMzep
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 31, 2018
Although some people applauded him for this apparent discovery of a sense of humour, there was an important point worth making.
1.
Sitting US Senator cracking jokes about being the unapprehended killer of 5 people, including one 16 year-old girl https://t.co/eH0iIR05R8
— Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) October 31, 2018
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Ted Cruz is the only person who pretends to be a serial killer to be MORE likable https://t.co/W3hcR6ILSm
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) October 31, 2018
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Please don’t be charmed by this. He is a bad man. Always has been. Always will be. https://t.co/wyVTyXHpSr
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 1, 2018
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ted cruz's weirdo staffers have had a meeting where they agreed the best way to ingratiate himself to the electorate was to agree with a meme that he murdered five people in california in the late 1960s https://t.co/DUtr34VXpm
— j.r. hennessy (@jrhennessy) November 1, 2018
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Joking about murder isn't okay Ted https://t.co/zN64LrepTp
— Mike (@ProgPro) October 31, 2018
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imagine being so genuinely awful as a human being that you had to literally pretend to be a serial killer to be more likeable https://t.co/IVXEgx2qsn
— Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) October 31, 2018
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“Here is an amusing tweet that pokes fun at the fact that when people see my face they think about one of the creepiest serial killers in American history” https://t.co/HrcV2664yO
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) October 31, 2018
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This is not it, chief. https://t.co/oyOOc8F4h2
— Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) October 31, 2018
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PEOPLE DIED, TED. https://t.co/bNVZreVVK3
— James Allen McCune (@JAllenMc) October 31, 2018
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kinda weird to have to imply that you're a serial killer to get people to like you https://t.co/HTdbFiV1w4
— maya kosoff (@mekosoff) October 31, 2018
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Another failed attempt to be likable. I get why some on his social media team would think that embracing the jokes about Ted Cruz being the Zodiac killer would be edgy. But still, US Senators don’t get to joke about mass murder when we are in the middle of a mass murder epidemic. https://t.co/3P1MfNR0jJ
— Jonathan Riley (@JonRiley7) November 1, 2018
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can't believe you would flippantly joke about a serial killer, Ted. Not cool!
— Kellen (@captainkalvis) October 31, 2018
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Imagine being this pathetic. Being so desperate to be liked that you'd do this. https://t.co/80RZID5Ln2
— Scott is Planning to Vote (@scottEweinberg) November 1, 2018
Maths aside, his joke seemed like evidence to some.
The more he jokes about it, the more I’m convinced he’s the zodiac killer. It’s like when Miley Stewart used Hannah Montana’s Driver’s license because they’re the same damn person! https://t.co/PuT9GPjW5v
— FEminem (@miserycake) October 31, 2018
Someone felt he may not have killed any people, but he’d definitely killed a perfectly good meme.
rest in peace ted cruz is the zodiac killer meme (2016-2018) https://t.co/mYxhJPZQRc
— gabby frost (@gabby_frost) November 1, 2018
There was also a rather more simple statement from one Twitter user.
No one likes you. https://t.co/CcejrYArJn
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 1, 2018
All this just before the midterms.
I get it. The joke is that lots of people could die, like the victims of the Zodiac Killer, after Ted Cruz votes to eliminate coverage for pre-existing conditions. #VoteForBeto https://t.co/vPVilojMMU
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) October 31, 2018
