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.
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https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/1057706159023345664
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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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https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/1057788940047081475
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https://twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/1057840879640096768
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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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https://twitter.com/ikebarinholtz/status/1057707657438478336
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https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1057740055538737152
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PEOPLE DIED, TED. https://t.co/bNVZreVVK3
— James Allen McCune (@JAllenMc) October 31, 2018
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https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/1057707229099507712
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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 (@realJonRiley) 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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https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/1057940620126445569
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
— chair 👉🏻🪑 (@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
— gabaghoul ♡ (@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.
https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1057731790243352576
