As Twitchy reported, Sen. Ted Cruz sunk an epic slam dunk on Deadspin Tuesday when he responded to the site’s call for a photo of him playing basketball with … a photo of him playing basketball. (OK, not really: that was Duke’s Grayson Allen doing Cruz’s stunt work, but the game-winning two-pointer went to Team Cruz, no doubt about it.)
Whoever was tweeting from @Deadspin must have been temporarily disoriented by the impact of the ball, desperate to respond with a witty rejoinder but only managing, “Go eat sh*t.”
I like to think I would have been a better sport if I'd gotten pwned like this. https://t.co/kqItx9km7O
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) January 25, 2017
The writer of Deadspin’s piece, Ashley Feinberg, refused to hit the showers and instead repeated her call for “actual” photographic submissions of Ted Cruz playing basketball, because, yeah, those will be even more entertaining after tonight.
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/824057816063377410
Oh, and just to clarify one thing, everyone: Ted Cruz did not “own” Feinberg, all right?
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/824057176864026624
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/824058969404690433
pretty sure you were owned
— Blake Lee-Whiting (@blakelw) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/KPL2383/status/824061044142276608
yep, totally owned in front of all your little playmates
— Chris (@concretevol) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/ed_grimly/status/824071010580393985
Nah. That was an own. Just own it. https://t.co/ODtEzORxwr
— Jason (@jasonelevation) January 25, 2017
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Yes you were. You were owned so fucking hard.
— Rob (@EffingAHole) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/MarvinSipowicz/status/824073301446246400
— Joe (@EatCrowJoe) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg more than an owned. That was cold hard pwnage.
— Jordan "DELETES JULY 6" Woodward (@JordanIsSatan) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/thecivilcomment/status/824080280763895810
.@MattZeitlin @tedcruz @Deadspin @ashleyfeinberg Apparently "Literally" owned: pic.twitter.com/J6MaJVRnq8
— Conservative Review (@CR) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/824066726761529344
Survey Says: Owned @ashleyfeinberg
— Swalwell Farted on TV and It Was Hilarious (@lamblock) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/Roscommunist/status/824059079547092992
having to paint Hulk Hogan's new house kind of owned.
— richwangphoto (@richwangphoto) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/jakeduhaime713/status/824063345628250112
Thank you @ashleyfeinberg for providing today's entertainment ……and getting owned.
— select o speed (@selectospeed) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/HeaterForsberg/status/824066697124528128
I'm reporting @tedcruz for failing to disclose a 100% ownership stake in @ashleyfeinberg and Sports Gawker
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 25, 2017
ted cruz ended your twitter credibility and there is ZERO chance of you gaining it back #owned pic.twitter.com/XjaGgVuD4c
— Rusty Shackleford (@DaleGribble001) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg will go down in history and forever be known as "the girl who got owned by @tedcruz"
— Rusty Shackleford (@DaleGribble001) January 25, 2017
"Here lies the body of @ashleyfeinberg, you know, that Deadspin writer who got owned by Ted Cruz on twitter." – her future tombstone
— Pierre Delecto (@TrillScottP) January 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/DavidTHogan/status/824069209869062145
@ashleyfeinberg I'm so sorry you got owned
— 90s anime boyfriend (@grimmghoul) January 25, 2017
Keep those submissions coming.
https://twitter.com/Pat_Elder/status/824068262447067136
https://twitter.com/TBCJay/status/824070999486451712
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Update:
Ease up on that poor girl, Twitter. If you want to pick on someone, how about Deadspin’s “actual editor,” i.e., the person who should have nixed the piece in the first place … if you think you’re man enough.
https://twitter.com/timmarchman/status/824076992060522497
https://twitter.com/timmarchman/status/824078802292719617
It doesn’t look like anyone’s complaining, except for those who got owned by Ted Cruz.
https://twitter.com/timmarchman/status/824097480883183616
you're embarrassing yourself. Please don't stop. ?
— Steven with a V (@813Steven) January 25, 2017
If I became one of the biggest jokes on Twitter, I would probably make an excuse like this too.
— MustyBear (@MustyBearRBLX) January 25, 2017
This is what taking an owning badly looks like. https://t.co/w3l5x3LjJV
— Jason (@jasonelevation) January 25, 2017
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