People Think There's Something Familiar About Ted Cruz's Airplanes Story

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) met with the small group of truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates around Washington on Tuesday and told a story that many people thought sounded suspiciously similar to tall tales often recalled by former President Donald Trump.

Cruz claimed: “Almost without exception, every time I’m on an airplane, either the captain or a flight attendant will come up to me, will hug me and say, ‘Thank you for fighting for us.’”

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Critics were highly skeptical.

And to many, the braggadocio sounded like Trump’s highly embellished recollections about people becoming emotional in his presence.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-think-something-familiar-ted-080503822.html

[Ocelot II]

1. Do they call him "sir" and do they have tears in their eyes?

I detect the distinct odor of bullshit.

[Retrograde]

7. Beat me to it (n/t)

[underpants]

2. And then 2 minutes later they'd regret getting near him

“No one has ever hugged Ted Cruz” nailed it.

Ive even heard a local talk radio guy talking about how much of a jerk Cruz is. He didn’t say jerk but you could tell that he thought Cruz is completely obnoxious in person.

[Orrex]

3. Every story re: Cruz should open by summarizing his gleeful self-emasculation before his owner Trump

[Faux pas]

4. When

you are an inhumane ZERO, lying makes you so much better.

[rickford66]

5. Hey Ted, name one.

[dalton99a]

6. .

[underpants]

8. This is hilarious

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[left-of-center2012]

9. Big man cry when they meet me.

They hug me and kiss my cheek.

[JHB]

10. Y'know, when I make up stories like this, it involves dragons or starships or super powers or...

...much saucier material than fawning air crews.

But then, I also have the sense to not talk about such fantasies in public.