Ted Cruz uses 'The Simpsons' to make a political point, but the head of the show says he's wrong
When it comes to how Republican leaders view “The Simpsons,” a lot has apparently changed in a quarter-century.
In 1992, President George H.W. Bush took a dim view of the then-new Fox animated series, saying of his Republican ticket: “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.”
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, reportedly told the assemblage: “I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson, and Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.”
To which “Simpsons” showrunner Al Jean replies: “We’ve come up in the world.”
Jean is speaking tongue fully in cheek, because he believes Cruz, a self-professed big “Simpsons” fan, is off base. (Cruz is the man who in 2016 ventured in pop-culture waters to compare then-candidate Donald Trump to the villainous Biff from “Back to the Future”; a year earlier, he notably botched a “Simpsons” quote.)
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