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.
still accepting actual submissions of ted playing basketball at [email protected] https://t.co/OwNMV12xjb
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 25, 2017
Oh, and just to clarify one thing, everyone: Ted Cruz did not “own” Feinberg, all right?
@adampash @tedcruz @Deadspin i didn’t get owned
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 25, 2017
I’m not owned
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg pretty sure you were owned
— Blake Lee-Whiting (@blakelw) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg actually you kind of were. Good for @tedcruz
— Keith Larson (@KPL2383) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg yep, totally owned in front of all your little playmates
— Chris (@concretevol) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg Pretty owned, yeah, that some grade A ownage https://t.co/VsuIJQnge5
— @Girl_Grimly?Gab.ai (@ed_grimly) January 25, 2017
Nah. That was an own. Just own it. https://t.co/ODtEzORxwr
— Jason C. (@CounterMoonbat) January 25, 2017
Ted fucking Cruz owned you https://t.co/TJih06Hex5
— xo (@sirensoIiIoquy) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg @MattZeitlin pro-tip: if you have to tell everyone you didn't get owned on Twitter, you for sure got owned on Twitter
— C. Lei(ce)ster FC (@leistomania93) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg Uh, yeah you were. It was glorious.
— Athena (@AthenaTweets) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg Yes you were. You were owned so fucking hard.
— Rob (@WiseAFVeteran) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg @tedcruz @Deadspin my God you got fucking owned
— Marvin Sipowicz (@MarvinSipowicz) January 25, 2017
@RobProvince @ashleyfeinberg pic.twitter.com/u8axZi8c9e
— Gentleman Joe (@clark_mckinley) January 25, 2017
@CounterMoonbat @ashleyfeinberg more than an owned. That was cold hard pwnage.
— Jordan Woodward (@JordanIsSatan) January 25, 2017
Oh man @tedcruz! I can't believe it was you! @Deadspin pic.twitter.com/2H4vvCO9dt
— Tim Carlson (@thecivilcomment) January 25, 2017
.@MattZeitlin @tedcruz @Deadspin @ashleyfeinberg Apparently "Literally" owned: pic.twitter.com/J6MaJVRnq8
— Conservative Review (@CR) January 25, 2017
[narrator voice] she was definitely owned https://t.co/vM8iX9RqFE
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) January 25, 2017
Survey Says: Owned @ashleyfeinberg
— #JeSuisJuive (@lamblock) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg owned. Owned in the worst possible way. Just let it go.
— Roscommunist (@Roscommunist) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg having to paint Hulk Hogan's new house kind of owned.
— richwangphoto (@richwangphoto) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg He owned you
— JTD (@jakeduhaime713) January 25, 2017
Thank you @ashleyfeinberg for providing today's entertainment ……and getting owned.
— select o speed (@selectospeed) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg you should just put "owned by Ted Cruz" right in your profile. And in your tinder if you have that too. People should know.
— HeaterForsberg (@HeaterForsberg) January 25, 2017
I'm reporting @tedcruz for failing to disclose a 100% ownership stake in @ashleyfeinberg and Sports Gawker
— ThatsHowYouGotTrump (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg @cwarzel ted cruz ended your twitter credibility and there is ZERO chance of you gaining it back #owned pic.twitter.com/XjaGgVuD4c
— American Man (@AmericanMan019) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg will go down in history and forever be known as "the girl who got owned by @tedcruz"
— American Man (@AmericanMan019) 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
— . (@FuturePres_) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg @adampash @tedcruz @Deadspin When future textbooks explain "owned", this will be the example.
— DTH (@DavidTHogan) January 25, 2017
@ashleyfeinberg I'm so sorry you got owned
— flow witch (@grimmghoul) January 25, 2017
Keep those submissions coming.
@ashleyfeinberg @Deadspin @tedcruz pic.twitter.com/hSuMdST7Z0
— Pat Elder (@Pat_Elder) January 25, 2017
I'm just glad we're all united in our hate of gawker.
— JayfromBrooklyn (@TBCJay) January 25, 2017
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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.
Amazing that low-testosterone Ted Cruz enthusiasts are comfortable haranguing @ashleyfeinberg but not me, Deadspin's actual editor!
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
Ted Cruz is a pathetic asshole, his social media intern's joke was basic, and complaints should go to marchman at deadspin dot com.
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
It doesn’t look like anyone’s complaining, except for those who got owned by Ted Cruz.
Unsurprising that not one Ted Cruz-supporting cuck/Twitter user is willing to face me in the UFC octagon.
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
@timmarchman you're embarrassing yourself. Please don't stop. ?
— Steven Charles (@813Steven) January 25, 2017
@timmarchman 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 C. (@CounterMoonbat) January 25, 2017
