Joe Scarborough and Ted Cruz Get Into Heated Altercation Over The Texas Lawmaker’s Devotion To Trump

On Friday night, a Twitter brawl took place between MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

The altercation began after Cruz took to Twitter to shame night-time host Jimmy Kimmel over his joke about Vice President Mike Pence.

Hmm. When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest & corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist, after all…. https://t.co/tYsgKJGxpR

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 8, 2020

Shortly after, Scarborough shot back, reminding Cruz of how he used to be anti-Trump and then groveled and did his bidding – despite Trump attacking his family.

Ted, when I make a mistake I admit it. You remain mired in shame because you kowtow to a man who called your wife ugly and said your daddy assassinated JFK. Me messing up a tweet or two will never erase the shame you carry every day of your life. https://t.co/eJa4qWzqA2

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 8, 2020

Cruz then tried to claim that Scarborough chased Trump during the 2016 election cycle for ratings.

Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says & does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties & thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC. https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 8, 2020

But it was Scarborough who had the last laugh.

PS. I don’t do cocktail parties. I went to University of Alabama and University of Florida. You’re a Harvard and Princeton boy who spends your life around lobbyists and billionaires. You can cut out the man-of-the-people BS. Nobody believes anything you say.

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 8, 2020

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