Sport news site Deadspin published an article Monday asking for photographic proof of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz — who is definitely not the Zodiac killer — playing basketball.
Send us proof of Ted Cruz playing basketball https://t.co/MgGLnsscPf
The piece referred to an article in Politico that claimed Cruz, along with a few other wild politicians, had organized a weekly game of basketball in the Russell Senate Office Building.
Ever the optimist, Cruz took the opportunity to tweet back a photo of Duke University basketball player Grayson Allen (who looks remarkably like Cruz).
@Deadspin what do I win?
And then Deadspin responded...
@tedcruz Go eat shit.
Before Cruz wrapped it all up.
@Deadspin
Immediately, people on Twitter were quick to @ Deadspin for getting absolutely owned.
@tedcruz @Deadspin @ashleyfeinberg you're getting owned so hard I feel sorry for you
@MattZeitlin @ashleyfeinberg @tedcruz @Deadspin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
.@Deadspin You guys made Ted Cruz likable, perhaps for the first time ever. Now that's true fucking failure. Go to bed.
@Deadspin @tedcruz Ted Cruz just gave you the results of your paternity test.
Can't believe it happened, but Ted Cruz just owned @Deadspin so hard that the only response they could muster was t… https://t.co/2oyv5aPw58
@Deadspin @tedcruz @GamingAndPandas You got owned. Cry about it.
.@Deadspin getting cucked by @tedcruz is not what I expected today. Or any day.
It happens, @Deadspin