Senator Ted Cruz sparked an avalanche of harsh criticism for attempting to link Hillary Clinton to an associate of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in France on Friday night.
Jean Luc-Brunel, 76, was awaiting trial on charges of rape of a minor and sexual harassment. He was suspected of being involved in a global pedophile ring organized by the late disgraced financier Epstein, who reportedly took his own life in prison while awaiting trial for sex crimes, in 2019.
After the news broke, Cruz tried to imply that Clinton could be connected to the death of the 76-year-old billionaire by asking for the whereabouts of the former Secretary of State that weekend.
“Anyone know where Hillary was this weekend?,” Cruz wrote in a tweet highlighted by The Independent.
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Naturally, Twitter users wasted no time responding to the Texas Republican.
Former congressman Joe Walsh replied: “Definitely not Cancun. Ted, would you please get serious and be a United States Senator? Please?”
“You’re garbage, Ted,” John Pavlovitz wrote in response.
Check more responses below:
Anyone know where Hillary was this weekend? https://t.co/ewlCbfxRE6
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 19, 2022
Ted, you’re a broken human. Get help. For your kids at least. Seriously.
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) February 19, 2022
“Tucker, Tucker – look! I said something mean about Hillary! Do you like me now, Tucker? We’re bros, right Tucker? Please? Tucker, call me? Ok? Please call me Tucker. Please? Promise? Call me. Tonight. Or tomorrow. Or whenever, just call, we can talk about Hillary!” pic.twitter.com/TLJpGaVcWt
— jellenp (@jellenp) February 19, 2022
Sure Ted, she definitely wasn’t ripping up classified documents at Mar a Largo. pic.twitter.com/tja2Oidbzi
— Glenn C 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇫🇷 (@gleennertalk) February 19, 2022
Where’s Steve Mnuchin? https://t.co/Yxm5EY0256
Anonymous on Twitter: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s name …
— Rhonda Harbison (@rhonda_harbison) February 19, 2022
Ask Donald pic.twitter.com/Xd8EueXqOx
— Socal_CPA (@Socal_CPA) February 19, 2022
LMAOhttps://t.co/p9A2vYDG3T
Material Recovered From Trump by Archives Included Classified … pic.twitter.com/M5sbAHACsG
— Rhonda Harbison (@rhonda_harbison) February 19, 2022
She was giving a speech about suing FAUX FOX for malice! 💪 pic.twitter.com/bEz38SulAH
— BeBethDutton! (@Dee452597) February 19, 2022
You’re garbage, Ted.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) February 19, 2022
