Twitter Mocks Ted Cruz for Calling Dems ‘The Party of Lisa Simpson’: You Mean ‘The Smart One?’
#NeverForget: The time @TedCruz auditioned to be in The Simpsons #CPAC2018 pic.twitter.com/9gFUg8gTsb
— Beatrice-Elizabeth Peterson (@MissBeaE) February 22, 2018
Twitter got the giggles on Thursday after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) decided to make a…um, strange political metaphor about The Simpsons at CPAC today.
According to multiple reporters, the Texas senator had this to say when he took the stage at the conference:
Here’s your line from @tedcruz at @CPAC: “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and Republicans are happily the party of Homer, Bart, Maggie and Marge.”
— Ben Kamisar (@bkamisar) February 22, 2018
Cruz made his point while slamming Democrats for their renewed advocacy of gun control in light of last week’s school shooting in Florida.
Twitter mockery: GO!
Lisa Simpson was elected president at one point in the series.
She replaced Trump, who caused a budget crisis that Lisa inherits. https://t.co/3s2T7DVZxP https://t.co/lmyLlg5Fnr
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 22, 2018
homer simpson has a crayon stuck in his brain. https://t.co/4BkY760gFz
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) February 22, 2018
“We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family…to make American families a lot more like The Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.” — George H.W. Bush, 1992 https://t.co/QAjO77gHwe
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) February 22, 2018
Well, Maggie did shoot someone, Homer has created environmental disasters and Marge is an ex-con with a gambling problem who, somehow, is still considered a moral center, so sure. https://t.co/8TBcqEQv7s
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 22, 2018
Lisa Simpson? The smart one who will succeed in life if everyone else doesn’t undermine her? https://t.co/VHFc1fSedo
— Seth Masket (@smotus) February 22, 2018
But… Lisa Simpson is the smartest, most talented person in town. https://t.co/HtGxVeUtMn
— Denizcan James (@MrFilmkritik) February 22, 2018
Gen Xer sees Millennial make a Harry Potter reference: “Lol, read another book kid”
Someone gets a Simpsons analogy wrong: pic.twitter.com/B9Z5nJFvLA
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 22, 2018
“The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.” – @tedcruz at #CPAC2018 pic.twitter.com/u4Al6sFwZ6
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 22, 2018
Not sure I would’ve gone with this analogy.
Lisa’s best qualities are she is smart and kind, her worst are that she’s a wet blanket and kind of boring.
Homer and Bart are good hearted, but are dumb, and at worst, selfish and hedonistic.
Marge is sad and Maggie shot a guy. https://t.co/84tISZdjMZ
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) February 22, 2018
Lisa’s a Democrat, Bart’s a Libertarian, Marge is a swing voter, Maggie is a Marxist revolutionary.
Homer never registered to vote.
— Lizzie O’Leary (@lizzieohreally) February 22, 2018
This seems right, I think Bart’s hanging out on 4chan and becoming radicalized though https://t.co/5xh0Hwi4Ww
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 22, 2018
Here’s what Simpsons showrunner Al Jean had to say:
.@TheSimpsons Ted Cruz says Maggie Simpson would vote for him.
I think Ted’s the one who could use a pacifier in his mouth.— Al Jean (@AlJean) February 22, 2018
It’s been established Cruz has an affinity for the show, though the creators have already made it clear that that’s a one-sided relationship.
[Image via screengrab]
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