Talking about Greenland, Senator Ted Cruz said: “To become an American is the greatest gift we can give anyone on planet Earth”

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Lemya@lemmy.world · 143 pts · 210d (10 replies)

The gift:

NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 57 pts · 210d (4 replies)

The 'gift' is German.

Translated it means poison.

Texas has a wired language...

Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Same in danish

Also, same word used for “married”

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

I felt this in my decrepit bones

victorz@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 210d

Same in Swedish on both counts

Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 210d

Texas German exists, so, you're not far off..

violentfart@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d (3 replies)

Don’t forget paying for your own healthcare unless you’re lucky enough to be covered by your employer.

dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d (2 replies)

And you still pay for it through premiums, copays, and likely high deductibles. This assumes that whatever procedure you’re getting is also covered by said health insurance.

You’d probably have better luck at the roulette table in Vegas.

I’ve also heard it’s cheaper (and better) to get major dental work done in Mexico.

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Now I am even sadder and madder remembering my health insurance premium went up $300/mo.

dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d

Fuck. That makes me mad too. Seriously.

It’s like not being rich is a crime these days.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d

Honestly surprised prison population isn't way higher.

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 73 pts · 210d (6 replies)

Then give citizenship to all the immigrants on the country first.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 20 pts · 210d (2 replies)

And, more topically IMO, all Puerto Ricans.

edit: full citizenship, rather than the second-class citizenship they currently have.

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 210d (1 reply)

When did Puerto Ricans become not citizens?

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 12 pts · 210d

They are technically US citizens by birth, but they have no representation in Congress, can't vote in the US presidential election and generally have fewer rights than people born in the continental US. You could call it "taxation without representation". Second-class citizens.

But you're right, demanding to "give citizenship to Puerto Ricans" doesn't quite describe what the actual issue is.

snoons@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 210d

That would be un-American.

germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 210d (1 reply)

He wants this "gift" to only go to white people

kossa@feddit.org · 4 pts · 210d

Not that many white people around in Greenland.

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 67 pts · 210d (6 replies)

This the bitch ass Ted Cruz that voted to hide the Epstein Files. This the bitch ass Ted Cruz who praised Trump right after Trump called his wife ugly. This the bitch ass Ted Cruz who fled to Cancun when his district lost power to blizzards.

NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 17 pts · 210d (4 replies)

JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 210d (3 replies)

Dude looks like his hobby in middle school was running head first into a wall.

Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d

He looks like when you view a 3d model skin in MS paint and it looks way too wide because it's flattened out and also it has a wolf's ass for a beard.

Dojan@pawb.social · 4 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Yeah. He grew up to keep doing that. Just running away from his responsibilities to his constituents.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

If it gets a little snowy in Texas, he'll just run to Cancun.

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 2 pts · 210d

Ted Cruz who praised Trump right after Trump called his wife ugly.

LMAO!

Laser@feddit.org · 39 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Fat fuck trying really hard to sound like a tough mafioso gangster

Remember when during the 2021 winter storm, he worked his ass off to make sure his constituents didn't freeze to death?

If you do, you should schedule an appointment with your doctor because bitch boy here flew to Cancun to not deal with the outfall of what he was responsible for (among others). A real American hero.

If there's anything American I'd aspire nowadays, Ted Cruz is the antithesis to that. He is an opportunistic, lying fat piece of shit.

Go fuck yourself.

kingofras@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

For me, it’s that Indian dude sitting next to him laughing in agreement instead of calling him out that I find the most shocking.

Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 210d (4 replies)

I'd love a reality show where fascists like Ted would sit on a spike and slowly slide down it for cash prizes.

Dojan@pawb.social · 9 pts · 210d

You're right. Following up on proper Draculean tradition, we need to bring back the Forest of the Impaled.

DmMacniel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 210d (1 reply)

once you're on, you're on though :)

crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 3 pts · 210d

I would need no prizes.

him sliding down screaming is prizey enough for me.

lil_biggie@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 210d
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30p87@feddit.org · 18 pts · 210d (1 reply)

And Ted's greatest gift he could give anyone on planet earth would be... you can guess. Involves the 2nd amendment or something.

NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 21 pts · 210d

Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 210d

Then give this gift to the people who are coming to you, not to people who don't want you there.

snoons@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 210d

Unless they're black, asian, hispanic, disabled and/or female.

Bwaz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 210d

Ah, the gift of job-tied or zero healthcare and constant anxiety about possible illness induced poverty. Gee, thanks, that'd be a great gift.

lemmylommy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 210d

Fuck off to Cancun, Rafael.

Supervisor194@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d (1 reply)

And by 'become American' he means 'taxation without representation' - what a glorious gift!

pivot_root@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d

A glorious grift. FTFY

ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d

IMHO: threats against national sovereignty from foreign policymakers are a hostile act and need to be reacted to as such.

Delta_V@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

Aww, he shouldn't be that hard on himself.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d

Says the guy that takes millions from Israel to vote against Americans best interests. Ted Israel First Cruise

nao@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 210d

I wonder if they really believe that's what everyone thinks

Gsus4@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 210d

Don't join any club you can't leave, just sayin'

5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Can't wait for headlines like ICE deports illegal immigrants (read: Greenlanders) from Greenland

rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 210d

You should write for The Onion

CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d (1 reply)

USA = Galactic Empire

Just one more Death Star bro! It will be fine. We didn’t need Alderaan anyway! Just one more Death Star. It will bring peace to the galaxy!

Fandangalo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d

The Ministry of Enlightenment will help the Ghormans see the benefit of the Galactic Empire. The greatest gift we can give is adding them to the Empire.

arin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d

I'll believe him when we shut down ICE

DegenerationIP@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
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