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.
Watch @Morning_Joe with more analysis. https://t.co/D4KHsOb2QZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 17, 2018
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:
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Enten also said at the end of the segment that Beto probably “has more enthusiastic supporters in NYC than he does in Texas”:
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz leads his Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke with three weeks to go, according to a new CNN poll.@ForecasterEnten explains why: https://t.co/wVOs68nNbX pic.twitter.com/R3tKXD4VUK
— CNN (@CNN) October 17, 2018
Oof.
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Beto O’Rourke might want to cool it with all the stories about his ‘lifelong Republican mom’ https://t.co/5sB576s6Sp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 16, 2018
'Great point'! Kira Davis tells Beto O'Rourke why 'none of us need' what he's trying to sell https://t.co/DsOF9tAAhj
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 15, 2018
CRAZY TIME: ABC News uses Beto O'Rourke as example of authentic Dem https://t.co/wncozPEHYw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2018
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