Unsocial Media Monitor: Team left unhinged at Sen. Cruz
This series on Human Events will be a weekly feature to shine a bright light on the social media activities between those who claim to be part of the “diversity and tolerance” crowd.
Each week, we will take a look at some of the goings on from the world of social media. While the traditional large platforms are quick to silence conservative voices, even for factually correct postings, they seem to let others say whatever they wish, regardless of the degree of maliciousness
Brent Hamachek, Managing Editor
Team left has such hate for mainstream Republicans like Texas Senator Ted Cruz that not only are they willing to attack him on the base of his relationship with his own ethnicity, but they are willing to assert that….Cubans are not Hispanic?
While questioning Biden Supreme Court nominee Kentanji Brown Jackson about her legal approach to the concept of being able to change one’s gender, Cruz asked “If I can change my gender. If I can be a woman and then an hour later, if I decide I’m not a woman anymore, I guess I would lose Article three standing. Tell me does that same principle apply to other protected characteristics?”
“For example, well, I’m a Hispanic man. Could I decide I was an Asian man?” Cruz asked.
Never mind the premise behind Cruz’s question. Team left’s Twitter users would rather you focus on the fact that the Senator has relinquished his Hispanic guard simply by aligning with unapproved politics.
“For the record: he’s not a Hispanic man,” wrote verified user DataDrivenMD. “He’s a former Canadian of Cuban ancestry with American birthright citizenship.
For the record: he’s not a Hispanic man. He’s a former Canadian of Cuban ancestry with American birthright citizenship.
— Dr. Jorge A. Caballero stands with
(@DataDrivenMD) March 23, 2022
In case there was any room for confusion, the United States Census Bureau defines “Hispanic or Latino” as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.”
Ted Cruz hasn't been Hispanic in *checks Wikipedia* 51 years.
— Esteban Magallanes (@EMag_7) March 24, 2022
Another user called Cruz a “Fake Hispanic” who is “actually a Cuban” and a “scummy bastard.”
This Fake Hispanic who's from Canada, actually a Cuban who believes he's white is such a scummy bastard.. now wants to be the Saviour of CHILDREN!!! yet he had Zero issues with the Caged Hispanic Toddlers by Trump, some died, while kids in TX froze to death and he went to Cancun? pic.twitter.com/Fg6mOPVWZZ
— Kamatsu (@DarkWebWarrior) March 23, 2022
Just for the record.
On behalf of the Hispanic and Latino community, we have ejected Ted Cruz from the team.
Wtf
— Miguel (@Meegwellito) March 24, 2022
Ridiculous questions aside… I don't think I've ever heard him say "I'm a Hispanic man." https://t.co/dsqtTgWCkc
— Double L must Rock The Bells (@LoveThePuck) March 23, 2022
“Ted Cruz is hispanic like Taco Bell,” wrote another.
Ted Cruz is hispanic like Taco Bell.
—
DeathMetalViking
Ted Cruz hasn't been Hispanic in *checks Wikipedia* 51 years.
— Esteban Magallanes (@EMag_7) March 24, 2022
Some insist that Cruz is actually a white man, given his “adjacency to whiteness”
“Ted Cruz is only claims to be a Hispanic man when it is convenient. He loves his whiteness and his adjacency to whiteness don’t get it twisted.”
Ted Cruz is only claims to be a Hispanic man when it is convenient. He loves his whiteness and his adjacency to whiteness don’t get it twisted.
— Candidly Tiff: Establishment Dem (@tify330) March 23, 2022
Ted Cruz, “I’m a Hispanic man, but don’t call me by my Hispanic name Rafael. I chose to be a white man named Ted.”
Ted Cruz, "I'm a Hispanic man, but don't call me by my Hispanic name Rafael. I chose to be a white man named Ted."
— Monica Fraker (@FrakerMonica) March 23, 2022
Even among those who concede that Cruz is, yes, technically Hispanic, are those who claimed he “pretends” to be white.
A Canadian Hispanic who pretends to be a racist white Texan is confused about how race works.
A Canadian Hispanic who pretends to be a racist white Texan is confused about how race works. https://t.co/xoBoBbf5rt
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) March 23, 2022
Many went so far as to accuse the Hispanic Cruz of being a white supremacist, racist, white nationalist, etc.
If you ever wanted to see the complexities of Latinos on display look no further than this Committee. There are two Latino/Hispanic men:
Ted Cruz – White Cuban Texan (racist)
Alex Padilla – Brown Mexican Californian (ally)
Fvk Ted Cruz Forever!
— Candidly Tiff: Establishment Dem (@tify330) March 23, 2022
A way to reconcile with himself that he, @tedcruz, is himself a Hispanic white supremecist. pic.twitter.com/bG6ADg4YTH
— DaSkinny1
(@Skinny1Da) March 24, 2022