Republican senator Ted Cruz had a conversation with social actor Seth Rogen about an unlikely spark: Walt Disney’s classic animated film “Fantasia” from 1940. one of Cruz’s followers asked what was the first film he made in theaters have seen.
The exchange began Thursday when the Republican from Texas responded to a tweet from MGM Studios asking for the first movie people have seen in theaters. ” Fantasia ”, Cruz said. ‘It played out during a movie revival. It scared me; I cried – I was 4. My mother had to take me out. Good times. “
On Friday, Rogen fired back: “Everyone who made the movie will hate you.” (The star of “Superbad” and “Neighbors” too tweeted other criticisms of Cruz, whom he called a ‘white supremacist fascist’ and ‘a clown. ”
Cruz ignored the insults, but did respond to criticism of the creators of ‘Fantasia’. “They are all dead. So I think we are good. “And Walt Disney was a Republican,” he said. answer Saturday. ‘Even though you act online like a Marxist with Tourette’s (shouting’ FU! FU! ‘Is very, very clever), your films are usually funny. I’m sure you hate that I enjoy it. ”
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Rogen left these comments unchallenged.
Cruz was on the hot seat these days with left (and some on the right). An opinion piece by the Washington Post calls him and Senator Josh Hawley ‘the most dangerous domestic enemies of the Constitution’ because they have raised the doubts of a large majority of Republicans about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Seven of his colleagues in the Senate lodged ethical complaints about it and called for an investigation and ‘strong disciplinary action’.
This is not the first public dispute between Cruz and Rogen. After Cruz condemned President Biden on Twitter for rejoining the Paris climate agreement, Rogen called the Texas senator a ‘fascist’. Cruz recounts Rogen’s comments, writing: “If you’re a rich, angry Hollywood celebrity, today’s Dems is the party for you.”
Rogen swung back at that time, say, “Haha becomes f-ed fascist. If you are a clown, encourage a white supremacist uprising again. ‘
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