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Ted Cruz Is Being Dragged After Sharing What He Called The "Coolest Thing" He's Ever Seen

Matt Stopera
·1-min read

I'm sure you're all well aware of the car show that happened in front of the White House last week.

People gather near electric cars in front of a white building with large columns, possibly discussing or showcasing the vehicles
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It was certainly something!

Person sitting in a red electric car in front of a large, white building with columns, facing microphones suspended overhead
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Well, it appears other Republicans are doing their own Tesla promos, and Ted Cruz was one of 'em.

Person in a suit speaking at a microphone during a formal event indoors
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He posted this picture 10 feet away from a red Tesla, calling it the "coolest thing" he's ever seen.

A man in a suit gestures toward a car parked outside a large official building; people stand in the entrance

Really...the coolest thing he's ever seen!

A man in a suit gestures toward a car parked outside a large official building; people stand in the entrance

As @Conrad_Wilson said, there's "So much to unpack here."

Man in a suit poses with a red sports car in front of a large white building; social media post questioning the scene

First off, tons of people are, just, like, "A car?"

A person in a suit gestures toward a red car parked outside a white building with a tweet text overlay

"Have you never....driven on a road?" someone else asked.

A man in a suit gestures toward a red car near a large building, with a tweet about its coolness displayed above

And a bunch of people were just like, "You should get out more."

Man in suit poses near a red car in front of a large white building with columns; tweet above reads "This may be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen..."

Then, there are the jokes!

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We have, "This is what we call a self-own. I have no doubt that this is the coolest thing Ted Cruz has ever seen."

Ted Cruz stands in front of a red sports car outside a large white building, wearing a suit and sunglasses

Another person captioned it, "me if I had been alive for two days."

A person in a suit points at a red car parked by a building, with a caption reading, "This may be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen..."

And this person called it completely plausible that this is, in fact, the coolest thing he's ever seen.

A person in a suit stands outside a building beside a red car, pointing at it. The scene is shared in a tweet labeled "Plausible."

As this person said, "you gotta get out more, baby girl."

A man in a suit stands in front of a red car outside a white government building. A tweet suggests the scene is "cool."

Ultimately, I'd be remiss to not mention THE butter cow.

Man points to a red car outside a large building. Tweet text references a "cool thing" and includes a playful comment about a butter cow

Certainly, this is waaaay cooler than a red car.

Man stands smiling near a life-sized butter cow sculpture at an event, with people observing in the background

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