Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz retaliated Monday against Saturday Night Live after the television show mocked him in a Saturday skit.
“I wear your scorn with pride,” Cruz tweeted early Monday.
I wear your scorn with pride.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/lMWQkRVVqc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 15, 2021
Saturday Night Live opened by mocking the Texas senator with the skit “Cruz Street,” where Aidy Bryant’s Ted Cruz criticized the COVID-19 vaccine. (RELATED: Ted Cruz Aims To Cut Funding To Public Schools That Mandate COVID Vax For Kids)
“Hello, I’m Texas senator and last one invited to Thanksgiving, Ted Cruz,” Bryant said. “Now, for 50 years, I stood by as Sesame Street taught our children dangerous ideas, like numbers and kindness. But when Big Bird told children to get vaccinated against a deadly disease, I said, ‘enough,’ and I created my own Sesame Street called ‘Cruz Street.'”
“Cruz Street” opened with three kids singing the theme song that went as follows: “Cruzy days, sweeping the libs away. And he hopes you’ll say that his beard looks sweet. Grab an eagle and a gun, bring a gun to Cruz Street.” The song was followed by Cecily Strong’s Marjorie Taylor Greene joining in to take a break from releasing the phone numbers of the thirteen House Republicans that voted for the infrastructure bill.
The episode continued with a sickly Big Bird, played by Kyle Mooney, walking on the stage appearing to regret his decision to receive the COVID vaccine.
“My feathers fell out, my nuts got huge and my drink don’t work,” Big Bird told Cruz. “Maybe the vaccine gave me COVID!”
In a separate tweet Sunday, Cruz sarcastically replied to the skit shortly after its release, saying it “sounded pretty awesome.”
“#CruzStreet has BOTH @joerogan and @britneyspears. Sounds pretty awesome,” the senator said.
The skit responded to Cruz’s criticism of a Nov. 6 tweet from Big Bird announcing that he had received the vaccine with the intent of encouraging children to receive the shot.
“Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!” the senator said via Twitter.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) panel of vaccine experts voted 14-0 on Nov. 2 to recommend Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5-11.