Are my eyes deceiving me or did Ted Cruz really just body bag Deadspin?
— Feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) January 25, 2017
Twitter can be a dicey place. On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made it somewhat magical by completely owning the website Deadspin in just two tweets.
Let's present this as act in four parts:
Act I: Sports website Deadspin attempts to embarrass Ted Cruz on Monday afternoon.
Send us proof of Ted Cruz playing basketball https://t.co/MgGLnsscPf pic.twitter.com/mpxI5EBQkK
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 23, 2017
Apparently, Cruz has set up a basketball game with his Republican Senate colleagues, which I'll admit is an extremely funny mental image. Deadspin wants proof of this, in a similar manner to how they bizarrely accused Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) of lying about his high school football career back in 2014.
Act II: Ted Cruz comes in with a zinger.
@Deadspin what do I win? pic.twitter.com/9XuRmmIkJS
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017
Cruz replied with a picture of Grayson Allen, a junior guard at Duke University. The resemblance between the two has been documented for the entirety of Allen's time at Duke.
Act III: Deadspin realizes they've been defeated.
@tedcruz Go eat shit.
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 25, 2017
Ah, a mature, measured response.
Act IV: Cruz reveals himself as a memelord.
@Deadspin pic.twitter.com/TMiDBco2TB
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017
*Mic drop.*
Thankfully, people were cognizant and appreciative of the Twitter poetry they just watched unfold.
@tedcruz That was beautiful. @Deadspin
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) January 25, 2017
Inside @Deadspin after that Ted Cruz response: pic.twitter.com/HsER8w1ucW
— John Sexton (@verumserum) January 25, 2017
Lmbo pic.twitter.com/403s9clXuT
— Brendan O'Connor (@_grendan) January 25, 2017
Reconsider your life choices:https://t.co/UxXoE5X0yq
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) January 25, 2017
This day is amazing pic.twitter.com/jyJhhkJk7R
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) January 25, 2017
@tedcruz @Deadspin Deadspin mad
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 25, 2017
cc: @SCTopTenPIays ?????? pic.twitter.com/TfvbXzpxwI
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) January 25, 2017
Hulk Hogan may own Gawker, but @tedcruz owns @Deadspin
— Tim Morgan (@nagrommit) January 25, 2017
.@tedcruz's social media team rn. pic.twitter.com/hH7M4WedfA
— Evan Schrage (@EvanSchrage) January 25, 2017
.@Deadspin just Joakim'd two free throws against @tedcruz pic.twitter.com/czpz8XeVBC
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 25, 2017
First, who knew that Ted Cruz had jokes? Second, dang. That was incredibly hilarious and topical for a senator who is usually portrayed as being completely out of touch with just about everything. Adding in Deadspin's non-response response, this is just an amazing Twitter interaction overall. Well played, Ted.