PATHETIC: Libs cheer new ad that hits Ted Cruz for eating at White Castle

Greg P. | 9:55 AM on October 17, 2018

There’s a new ad out paid for by the “Fire Ted Cruz” PAC that hits Senator Ted Cruz for being a fan of White Castle because there are no actual White Castle restaurants in Texas and any *real* Texan would like Whataburger:

A new ad targets Sen. Ted Cruz over his comment that he's "a big fan" of the White Castle hamburger chain rather than the Texas chain Whataburger.

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Former Obama staffer Dan Pfeifer called the ad, which also hit Sen. Cruz over his Canadian roots, “so good”:

These ads are so good. Cruz has spent his whole life with people saying "Come on … Ted" in annoyed exasperation at his sniveling ambition and general unlikability. https://t.co/TY1WwBPjJm

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 15, 2018

We actually covered the White Castle clip back in 2013. Cruz was actually talking about how Obamacare was hurting White Castle’s business:

Another ad from the same group suggested Sen. Cruz should kick Trump’s “a**” for criticizing his wife and father:

OK, that one was funny. But funny ads don’t win races:

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz leads his Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke with three weeks to go, according to a new CNN poll https://t.co/97SaegqLPU pic.twitter.com/hY6aC2aQWd

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 16, 2018

And as Harry Enten pointed out on CNN this morning, Beto O’Rourke just isn’t getting Latinos enthused enough to come vote for the Irish-American Democrat with a Spanish nickname: