Sen. Ted Cruz urged conservatives to “lighten up” ahead of 2020 in response to “rage” from those on the Left.
“The Left right now, they’re so consumed with rage,” the Texas Republican said last weekend at the Faith, Family, and Freedom forum, according to the Houston Chronicle. “They hate the president. It is all-consuming, it’s all they can see. As conservatives, let’s not respond to that. Like, just lighten up. Just have some fun.”
“When one party is going nuts, we gotta respond with joy, we gotta respond with smiles,” he added.
Cruz, 48, gave the example of a meme on Twitter which had a picture of him with the caption, “this man ate my son.” Cruz responded to the meme, “He was delicious!”
He was delicious! https://t.co/kJXjSdFfWG
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 5, 2019
The Texas senator has been known to engage in humorous banter online before, including poking fun of people calling him the Zodiac Killer.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 18, 2017
Cruz has lately sought to reach across the aisle, agreeing to meet with actress and liberal activist Alyssa Milano about gun control policy.
“I’d be happy to sit down & visit next week about uniting to stop gun violence & about the Constitution,” he said last week after the actress challenged him to meet with her on gun violence. Milano, 46, is visiting Washington, D.C., this week to meet with him.
