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<p>The man of many words and few editors is at it again. The Republican darling <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/ted-cruz-hilariously-trashed-bizarre-attempt-hijack-simpsons-cpac/" target="_blank">Ted Cruz is getting slammed</a> for his lack of pop culture finesse after attempting to make a Simpsons joke during his speech at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.</p><p>&quot;The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson. And Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge,&quot; Cruz quipped, with the naive confidence of someone who misunderstand the whole point of<em> The Simpsons</em>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ted Cruz: “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson. And Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.” <a href="https://t.co/7ygJierIC1">https://t.co/7ygJierIC1</a></p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/966754970362986496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OUCH: Ted Cruz hilariously trashed for his bizarre attempt to hijack ‘The Simpsons’ at CPAC <a href="https://t.co/EizrZNuNsF">https://t.co/EizrZNuNsF</a></p>&mdash; Raw Story (@RawStory) <a href="https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/966767671885860869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Given the fact that Lisa was presented as the intelligent voice of reason, and Homer was pitched as the ultimate roast of American entitlement and anti-intellectualism, many people on Twitter found Cruz&#39;s statement painfully on-the-nose.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/JoeBerkowitz/status/966768289958498305</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>The obvious gap between the intention of the slack-jawed Republican&#39;s Simpson joke, and his accidental self-roast only fueled the fire of Twitter users across the land.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">George H.W Bush in 1992: “American families should be more like The Waltons and less like the Simpsons”<br><br>Ted Cruz in 2018: “Eat my shorts! I’m Bart!” <a href="https://t.co/I1aigFjkGO">https://t.co/I1aigFjkGO</a></p>&mdash; Evan Susser (@EvanSusser) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanSusser/status/966759523154149378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bart is named as an anagram for brat.<br>Homer is a complete idiot.<br>Maggie is a baby.<br>Lisa becomes president as an adult and is actually Donald Trump&#39;s successor. <br><br>I don&#39;t know who fed Ted Cruz that line, but they obviously don&#39;t watch The Simpsons. <a href="https://t.co/9dQBuHp64a">https://t.co/9dQBuHp64a</a></p>&mdash; Brian Murphy (@Spokes_Murphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Spokes_Murphy/status/966760027016126464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this simultaneously moves me to ask what world i now inhabit, which is not the world i thought i knew, but also suggests that ted cruz inhabits yet another world in which what he&#39;s saying is an effective and meaningful rhetorical statement <a href="https://t.co/BDAa76s1K5">https://t.co/BDAa76s1K5</a></p>&mdash; michael lutz (@WarrenIsDead) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarrenIsDead/status/966758140372029440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maggie is canonically an anti-Randian.<a href="https://t.co/VQXRX3KF9B">https://t.co/VQXRX3KF9B</a> <a href="https://t.co/LX1XdWLkDn">https://t.co/LX1XdWLkDn</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Walters (@danieltwalters) <a href="https://twitter.com/danieltwalters/status/966761342957797376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Didn&#39;t Lisa Simpson become president to replace President Trump in an old Simpsons episode? <a href="https://t.co/GgckYXu4B1">https://t.co/GgckYXu4B1</a></p>&mdash; Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/966758033920593920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/bTHyB0gGDw">pic.twitter.com/bTHyB0gGDw</a></p>&mdash; Lukas Simonis (@lsimonis) <a href="https://twitter.com/lsimonis/status/966758909699547136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i can’t believe how badly i want to argue with ted cruz about the political stances of the simpsons characters <a href="https://t.co/o3qkaBxmeq">https://t.co/o3qkaBxmeq</a></p>&mdash; grean bean (@misandrism) <a href="https://twitter.com/misandrism/status/966763548738125824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/TDPattillo/status/966763311743332353</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ted cruz citing the simpsons again, despite the fact that he&#39;s moe szyslak</p>&mdash; 🦖 ryan lambert 🦕 (@twolinepass) <a href="https://twitter.com/twolinepass/status/966762906028335104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reminder that Ted Cruz is bad at Simpsons impressions too. <a href="https://t.co/NsQzbbAfxK">https://t.co/NsQzbbAfxK</a></p>&mdash; Emily VanDerWerff 🙋‍♀️ (@emilyvdw) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilyvdw/status/966760882448490496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>At one point, the <em>Simpsons </em>show-runner Al Jean came for Cruz&#39;s head.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheSimpsons</a> Ted Cruz says Maggie Simpson would vote for him.<br>I think Ted&#39;s the one who could use a pacifier in his mouth.</p>&mdash; Al Jean (@AlJean) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/966759843594825728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>If his past behavior serves as any type of indicator, it&#39;s unlikely Cruz will glean anything from this public roasting. However, this does present a rare moment where <em>Simpsons</em> fans of all political stripes agree with the Republican on something.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Ted Cruz gets mercilessly dragged for his comments on The Simpsons' political affiliations.

The man of many words and few editors is at it again. The Republican darling Ted Cruz is getting slammed for his lack of pop culture finesse after attempting to make a Simpsons joke during his speech at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.&quot;The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson. And Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge,&quot; Cruz quipped, with the naive confidence of someone who misunderstand the whole point of The Simpsons.Ted Cruz: “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson. And Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.” https://t.co/7ygJierIC1&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 22, 2018 OUCH: Ted Cruz hilariously trashed for his bizarre attempt to hijack ‘The Simpsons’ at CPAC https://t.co/EizrZNuNsF&mdash; Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2018 Given the fact that Lisa was presented as the intelligent voice of reason, and Homer was pitched as the ultimate roast of American entitlement and anti-intellectualism, many people on Twitter found Cruz&#39;s statement painfully on-the-nose.https://twitter.com/JoeBerkowitz/status/966768289958498305The obvious gap between the intention of the slack-jawed Republican&#39;s Simpson joke, and his accidental self-roast only fueled the fire of Twitter users across the land.George H.W Bush in 1992: “American families should be more like The Waltons and less like the Simpsons”Ted Cruz in 2018: “Eat my shorts! I’m Bart!” https://t.co/I1aigFjkGO&mdash; Evan Susser (@EvanSusser) February 22, 2018 Bart is named as an anagram for brat.Homer is a complete idiot.Maggie is a baby.Lisa becomes president as an adult and is actually Donald Trump&#39;s successor. I don&#39;t know who fed Ted Cruz that line, but they obviously don&#39;t watch The Simpsons. https://t.co/9dQBuHp64a&mdash; Brian Murphy (@Spokes_Murphy) February 22, 2018 this simultaneously moves me to ask what world i now inhabit, which is not the world i thought i knew, but also suggests that ted cruz inhabits yet another world in which what he&#39;s saying is an effective and meaningful rhetorical statement https://t.co/BDAa76s1K5&mdash; michael lutz (@WarrenIsDead) February 22, 2018 Maggie is canonically an anti-Randian.https://t.co/VQXRX3KF9B https://t.co/LX1XdWLkDn&mdash; Daniel Walters (@danieltwalters) February 22, 2018 Didn&#39;t Lisa Simpson become president to replace President Trump in an old Simpsons episode? https://t.co/GgckYXu4B1&mdash; Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 22, 2018  pic.twitter.com/bTHyB0gGDw&mdash; Lukas Simonis (@lsimonis) February 22, 2018 i can’t believe how badly i want to argue with ted cruz about the political stances of the simpsons characters https://t.co/o3qkaBxmeq&mdash; grean bean (@misandrism) February 22, 2018 https://twitter.com/TDPattillo/status/966763311743332353ted cruz citing the simpsons again, despite the fact that he&#39;s moe szyslak&mdash; 🦖 ryan lambert 🦕 (@twolinepass) February 22, 2018 Reminder that Ted Cruz is bad at Simpsons impressions too. https://t.co/NsQzbbAfxK&mdash; Emily VanDerWerff 🙋‍♀️ (@emilyvdw) February 22, 2018 At one point, the Simpsons show-runner Al Jean came for Cruz&#39;s head..@TheSimpsons Ted Cruz says Maggie Simpson would vote for him.I think Ted&#39;s the one who could use a pacifier in his mouth.&mdash; Al Jean (@AlJean) February 22, 2018 If his past behavior serves as any type of indicator, it&#39;s unlikely Cruz will glean anything from this public roasting. However, this does present a rare moment where Simpsons fans of all political stripes agree with the Republican on something.