for this, especially because he was the one picking the fight and making the big deal, and he has a whole staff. they could fact check things. congressman swalwell says, hey, ted, w.a. is western australia, but cool tweet. someone else said, oh, he must be on vacation again. and the you see the cancun cruz fleeing vibes with, you know, a little down under kangaroo. another person took to twitter to say that this has made texas something of a national embarrassment. and then jim carrey himself from dumb and dumber, asked, is this washington or western australia? well, that s the memes anyway. jim carrey always a good time if you can weave that into politics. so, is there a lesson here for ted cruz? well, like all of us, you have to check things before you go posting and ranting online about them. now, coming up tonight, we have michael beschloss here, the historian, for a special conversation. first, a legend associated
doubled down. roger whitaker said he d let the comments stand and susan collins has concerns but unconcerned that ronald reagan did the same thing, made the same campaign promise to put a woman on the court. absolute worst candidate cruz wouldn t defend his own wife and father kicked off black history month today by defending himself and claiming democrats are casually racist because of it and to be formal and cancun cruz complaints are crocodile tears and nominated judges to the federal bench. ted knows that by the standards for justice can be variable and because he was he was on orange julius cesar s short list in 2020, sorry, i can t stop laughing. until ruth bader ginsburg passed, it was promised it would be a woman. here is a reminder for ted cruz
okay. what do texas senator ted cancun cruz and the flip-flopping author of hill billy el apology, ohio candidate for senate, j.d. vance have in common. aside from they seemingly bottomless appetites for public humiliation and hypocrisy, one of the biggest donors is a highly educated gay, tech millionaire, but the pay pal cofounder is just one of many uber wealthy donors spending megabucks to make the gop s maga wing the mainstream. joining me to help understand the effect it s having on our national politics, ryan mac, a technology reporter with the new york times, and lee drutman, political scientist and senior fellow in the political reform program at the new america. thanks, guys, for being here. ryan, i want to start with you. peter thiel is backing 16 candidates, election deniers,
ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel had a hard time on Wednesday comprehending why Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ted Cruz would quiz Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on the definition of a "woman." Kimmel resorted to personal attacks to defend Jackson, but only ended up making himself the butt of the joke as he also couldn’t come up with a definition.