- Ted Cruz’s colleagues in the Senate had fun at his expense on Wednesday, according to NBC News.
- Photos of Cruz from his infamous trip to Cancún were scattered in the changing room of the Senate academy.
- “Bienvenido de Nuevo, Ted!” colorful prints for reading the joke or “welcome back”.
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With so many former class presidents huddled together in one place, Capitol Hill was vulnerable to high school antics on Wednesday morning.
After his infamous trip to Cancún, Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was the target of a prank in the locker room of the Senate academy in the middle of the week, according to a report by Carol Lee and Leigh Ann Caldwell of NBC News.
Early risers who showed up for training on Wednesday morning came across colorful prints of Cruz on his airport uniform, which included a light polo shirt and a mask with the Texas flag, according to NBC, which reviewed the materials provided by two sources.
“The rendering featured a manipulated photo of Cruz from his well-documented trip to Mexico, dragging his luggage across an arctic landscape while holding a tropical cocktail decorated with a slice of fruit in the other hand,” wrote Lee and Caldwell.
The prints also included a crossover meme, with the viral pose of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in gloves at President Joe Biden’s inauguration with photoshopped on the icy backdrop, according to NBC.
Bernie Sanders sitting alone with gloves in his hands generated a flood of memes.
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In addition to the perspective of Cruz Cancún’s trip, the blowback intensified after the Houston police confirmed that they had received a request for security assistance from Cruz’s office and sent a team to the airport, while the first respondents were lost during the crisis. energy and utilities.
Some time later, on Wednesday, the photos were removed, according to the report.
Only current and former senators are allowed into the gym, which has been the source of another drama on Capitol Hill, such as when Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was eliminated for training after testing positive for COVID-19.
Cruz’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
It is not yet clear who carried out the joke.