Ted Cruz Trolls Deadspin

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 01/24/2017 at 20:18 • Filed to: None

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Deadspin takes the ball and goes home.

Flavien Vidal > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:19

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Ok, I hate the guy, but that was good :)

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:25

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I can’t help but read all of his tweets in the bad lip reading version of him.

Urambo Tauro > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:28

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Stay classy, DS.

BorkBorkBjork > Flavien Vidal 01/24/2017 at 20:28

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Whew, glad you clarified that you hate him. I was about to make all kinds of assumptions about you based on your entertainment by a single phrase he uttered.

REAL close call there, bud. Real close.

Jcarr > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 20:31

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Yep.

Chariotoflove > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:34

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Well done, Mr. Cruz!

Flavien Vidal > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 20:35

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Did they really answer that?? If so, that’s dumb and uncalled for.

For Sweden > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:35

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Wow, I expected better from their social media team. This is a horrible effort by Deadspin. Especially when they could have replied with these.

I’m legitimately embarrassed for Deadspin

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:36

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I love it when lazy reporting gets outed, it’s not like he played for some obscure unknown school. Really 20 mins of research would have been all that’s needed, hell I bet an email to his press office would have gotten a picture.

For Sweden > Flavien Vidal 01/24/2017 at 20:39

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They did something similar with Donald Trump a while back

https://twitter.com/deadspin/status/291941831476920321

Of course, Ted Cruz isn’t Donald Trump.

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 20:39

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Nothing is more pathetic than a group that makes its living mocking people getting out zinged by its target. Except pouting about it.

RallyWrench > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:40

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Ted Cruz probably ripped that idea right from this comment .

Milky > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:40

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Never in a million would I have thought I’d feel bad for Grayson.

Urambo Tauro > Flavien Vidal 01/24/2017 at 20:42

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Yeah. No idea who’s running the DS twitter account, but Feinberg jumped in from her own Twitter and got defensive . It does not appear to be going well...

For Sweden > Chariotoflove 01/24/2017 at 20:43

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Imagine being out-zinged by Ted Cruz...

For Sweden > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 20:44

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No, no that is definitely not going well for her o_o

For Sweden > RallyWrench 01/24/2017 at 20:45

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The joke has been around for far, far longer than a day. I’m sure people often ask Ted Cruz about the resemblance.

Flavien Vidal > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 20:45

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Well, in that case he quoted them out of the blue, thanking them for their work... It’s borderline abusive, but understandable and somewhat deserved. But you ask for a picture of Cruz, he gives it to you himself... Just man-up and accept you’ve been schooled.

For Sweden > Flavien Vidal 01/24/2017 at 20:48

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Donald Trump also has a thin skin and wants New Yorkers to accept him. Ted doesn’t have those issues.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 20:48

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So there should be some openings at deadspin soon.

Jcarr > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 20:49

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They could use a lesson in how to Twitter from whoever runs the Oppo Twitter...

For Sweden > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:51

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They should just hire Ted to run the account.

A Cruz hasn’t ended someone this severely since Raphael Cruz killed JFK

Chariotoflove > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 20:52

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Even worse, blasted with their own grenade. All he had to do was lob it back at them.

Jcarr > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 20:53

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wiffleballtony > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:54

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More like Dumbspin.

For Sweden > Jcarr 01/24/2017 at 20:54

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None of my jokes are original :(

Jcarr > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 20:57

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Nothing’s original in the internet age.

RallyWrench > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 21:07

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But I don’t think Ted knows what basketring is.

For Sweden > RallyWrench 01/24/2017 at 21:10

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Probably not, but that doesn’t matter anymore.

Matt Nichelson > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/24/2017 at 21:29

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Nah, that place is full of liberal bias as much as Fox News is full of conservative bias. They may think alike, but that doesn’t always mean there are great minds.

Flavien Vidal > For Sweden 01/24/2017 at 21:32

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Yeah... I find their reaction extremely dumb. I’m as liberal as one can get (even worse, I’m french!) but that is a great example of a a libtard actually is.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Matt Nichelson 01/24/2017 at 21:35

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Nothing about politics everything to do with looking like complete and utter fools, it’s on thing to put your foot in your mouth it’s another thing to actively try to swallow they other foot at the same time.

Matt Nichelson > wiffleballtony 01/24/2017 at 21:35

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I just call it Gawker 2. Them and Gizmodo are pretty much unreadable these days imo.

SirRaoulDuke > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 21:44

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That’s pathetic.

Matt Nichelson > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/24/2017 at 21:46

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That they definitely did.

Sam > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 21:52

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hike > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 22:56

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Feels like such a forced reference to the Go F yourself tweet for a while back. Not really a good use for it as I thought this was an unusually fun tweet from a politician.

BKosher84 > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2017 at 23:42

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Even Landon Cassill got a zinger in on Feinberg, lol.

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Urambo Tauro > BKosher84 01/24/2017 at 23:53

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She’s admitting now that she got owned. I guess she has some chill after all. And having chill is the best remedy for when you’ve been delivered a burn.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Jcarr 01/25/2017 at 00:05

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The Zodiac Killer strikes again.

(Jokes aside, I love Ted Cruz. I supported him all the way until he dropped out.)

tacogx > Urambo Tauro 01/25/2017 at 02:07

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What did she post? It got deleted.

jimz > Urambo Tauro 01/25/2017 at 06:32

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Univision fucked up by not firing every worthless piece of trash who wrote for gawker.com. They just moved them around so Nolan and Feinberg could ruin Deadspin and Hongo could trash Gizmodo.

Seriously, all Gawker ever did was demonstrate what you’d get if you told a bunch of high schoolers to start a “news” site about anything the feel matters. And they all have enormous egos as if they’re all Really Goddamn Important.

jimz > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/25/2017 at 06:35

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Gawker has heard of these things called “research” and “fact checking,” and decided they want nothing to do with them.

Urambo Tauro > tacogx 01/25/2017 at 07:02

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What did she post? It got deleted.

You’re right; it’s gone!

IIRC, she responded to Matthew Zeiltin’s Tweet “@ashleyfeinberg you’re getting owned so hard I feel sorry for you” by replying “no I’m not.” This all happened shortly after Ted Cruz’s “boy, that escalated quickly” GIF.

DipodomysDeserti > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/25/2017 at 07:57

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I’m confused. Do you think that is actually Ted Cruz playing for Duke?

DipodomysDeserti > jimz 01/25/2017 at 07:58

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What? You know Ted Cruz didn’t play basketball for Duke, right? This is a joke that people have been making for a while. Well played by Ted Cruz [throws up].

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > DipodomysDeserti 01/25/2017 at 08:21

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No I was being a wise ass

Roundbadge > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/25/2017 at 08:38

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Ted Cruz attended Princeton and Harvard. That’s not him in the pic he responded with. It was just a joke.

This isn’t an instance of lazy reporting...just sour grapes on DS’s part.

Edit: I get I’m way late to the party here...it’s what I get for not Oppoing at night.

BKosher84 > For Sweden 01/25/2017 at 08:46

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Their “Social Media Team” are the same people that write for them. I’m not surprised Ted Cruz owned her ass.

DipodomysDeserti > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 01/25/2017 at 08:46

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It’s a little too early for me, I missed the sarcasm.

LOREM IPSUM > Jcarr 01/25/2017 at 09:02

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Deadspin is finally famous:

http://nypost.com/2017/01/25/ted-cruz-shows-sense-of-humor-owns-deadspin-in-twitter-war/

For Sweden > BKosher84 01/25/2017 at 09:03

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That’s just poor management by Univision

jimz > DipodomysDeserti 01/25/2017 at 09:19

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I’ll believe anything if it’s trying to make ex-Gawker look bad.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > For Sweden 01/25/2017 at 13:16

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Ted Cruz is scarier.

For Sweden > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/25/2017 at 13:17

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Obviously, he plays for Duke

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > For Sweden 01/25/2017 at 13:17

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Ted doesn’t want New Yorkers to accept him. He wants to pretend that civilization doesn’t exist.