Ted Cruz's Whine About The 'Nanny State' Backfires Spectacularly On Twitter

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) obtained a blunt reminder of his personal views and the insurance policies of his get together over the weekend after a tweet during which he denounced the “nanny state” over smoking bans.

Cruz tweeted on Saturday:

Dems are nanny-state authoritarians.

Personally, I don’t smoke cigarettes, however for those who select to take action, it’s your rattling selection! https://t.co/AExEwKya8A

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 22, 2023

Cruz claimed to be in opposition to “nanny-state authoritarianism” and for “your rattling selection.”

However his critics have been fast to level out some obtrusive inconsistencies with that message ― noting that Cruz may be very a lot in opposition to selection in relation to abortion, and his get together may be very a lot for “nanny-state authoritarianism” in relation to every thing from e-book bans to authorized weed to pull reveals.

Many have been fast to name him out:

Now do uteruses.

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 22, 2023

Cool.

Now do hashish. https://t.co/9gDUViZZrh

— Joshua Reed Eakle (@JoshEakle) April 23, 2023

Nice to listen to, Ted! So I assume you’re equally outraged in regards to the nanny-state authoritarians who proceed to make it unlawful for me to take my physician-prescribed ache meds on a airplane simply because it’s hashish.

It’s completely authorized in Canada, a spot chances are you'll be conversant in. https://t.co/pLnxeyhypF

— caroline mccarthy 🦝 (@caro) April 23, 2023

However in your state of Texas - if a girl is searching for an abortion for any motive, what she does along with her uterus is your selection.

I imply, college students can’t even learn books by Toni Morrison within the state of Texas. Even when they select to.

However if you wish to smoke a recognized carcinogen, one…

— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) April 23, 2023

Attention-grabbing. What different medication are you in favor of legalizing?

— James Harris (@jimeharrisjr) April 22, 2023

Nevertheless it's not your rattling option to take your child to see a drag queen or learn a e-book by a Black individual or get no matter medication you need out of your physician, or marry whoever you need, or be an organization that helps no matter it needs.....

Your hypocrisy is displaying.

— Sarah Burris 🌻 (@SarahBurris) April 23, 2023

Marijuana? Drug battle? Contraception? Similar intercourse marriage? Company welfare? Over tax the center to not tax the rich? Warmongering to guard “freedoms”? Library books? Go scream “liberty” to idiots too dumb to comprehend you're the wealthy for the wealthy searching for to manage the Center. https://t.co/KTEfwYGdOw

— Charles Adams (@bigangrylaw) April 23, 2023

Hey Teddy

Sponsor a invoice to deschedule hashish

till you do, we do not care about your opinion on private selection in smoking

— Classical Liberal Caucus (@LP_CLC) April 22, 2023

The person is a complete buffoon. Ready on his tweets about this and abortion, drag reveals, e-book burning, and prayer at school. 🙄 https://t.co/DhYwmq9XDC

— Emily Schaffhausen (@silly_emily3) April 23, 2023

So what you’re saying is… your physique, your selection? https://t.co/HqWfmALUWW

— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) April 24, 2023

exchange cigarettes with abortion you’re so shut

— liz (@unrealizzztic) April 22, 2023

Now do one for hashish.. https://t.co/RW8hMdIo6O

— Texas Hashish Collective (@txcannaco) April 23, 2023