Since Sen. Ted Cruz has been in the national spotlight, the media has devoted time to smearing him as an extremist who is "slimy" and "dangerous." After his announcement today that he was officially running for POTUS, some liberals even contested Cruz's eligibility to run for President. Even though Cruz is of Hispanic heritage, no claims of racism by the media have surfaced about these "birther" claims like they did with Pres. Obama.
The attacks continued on Twitter by liberal journalists and celebrities who really can't stand the openly Christian candidate.
Oliver Willis of Media Matters, San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate columnist Mark Morford and TIME's Elizabeth Dias attacked Cruz for speaking at an evangelical university:
ted cruz isnt even the most insane person to speak at liberty u within the last year! pic.twitter.com/QRDQliRWEm
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 23, 2015
Nation's worst, dumbest senator to announce presidential bid at one of America's worst, dumbest universities. http://t.co/H9xppH40P9
— Mark Morford (@markmorford) March 23, 2015
Ted Cruz launches presidential campaign at school known for glass ceilings http://t.co/7REZM79Aup
— Elizabeth Dias (@elizabethjdias) March 23, 2015
Besides being "dumb," he's about as trustworthy as a used car salesman, according to comedian Andy Richter, who is sidekick to Conan O'Brien on his late-night show. Left-wing magazine The Nation also called Cruz an outright liar:
If I went in to buy a car & Ted Cruz was the salesman, I'd travel five towns over to buy that car from someone else
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 23, 2015
Ted Cruz’s Biggest Liability Is Probably His Constant Lying. http://t.co/3A7Ijvnp6V pic.twitter.com/DHuAgq2Qrc
— The Nation (@thenation) March 23, 2015
Liberal actress Mia Farrow joined in MSNBC's alarmist language called Cruz "frightening" and too "extreme" for the majority of Americans. Has she read her own tweets?
Ted Cruz is frightening, but in the end the majority of American voters don't vote for the extreme right or extreme left.
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) March 23, 2015
Meanwhile, Daily Show writer Lizz Winstead called Cruz a "narcissist" who's speech was yawn-worthy:
Doing a little #AtTheBreak on @AppMeerkat right after Ted Cruz officially announces he is a narcissist, er, I mean his run for president.
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) March 23, 2015
Monica's Ted Talk was more inspiring than Ted's Ted talk.
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) March 23, 2015
CNN's Sally Kohn, who famously said recently in an op-ed that she was disappointed her daughter wasn't a lesbian, laughably insinuated Cruz was too out-of-touch with the majority of Americans to garner a win:
Climate change, marriage equality, Obamacare... #TedCruz doesn't believe in things the majority of Americans do. Good luck with that.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) March 23, 2015
I really hope Ted Cruz emerges and the standard bearer for the Republican Party. Can't think of anything better for the future of Democrats!
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) March 23, 2015
