Ted Cruz Money Beg: I Will Machine Gun, Chainsaw, Or Burn Boehner’s Book Depending On How Donors Vote

The Guardian reports:

Republican senator Ted Cruz has responded to fiery criticism from John Boehner with a tactic beloved of authoritarian regimes: threatening to burn his book. In an email to supporters, the Texas politician said he also might machine-gun or chainsaw the memoir, depending on how much his supporters paid for the privilege to watch.

Calling the speaker-turned-lobbyist a “Swamp Monster” and accusing him of “an unhinged smear campaign”, the email told supporters Cruz had “put this trash right where it belonged, in my fireplace”.

“But I didn’t finish it off just yet,” it added. Instead, the Texas senator announced a “72-hour drive to raise $250,000”, in which donors would “get to VOTE on whether we machine gun the book, take a chainsaw to it or burn the book to light cigars!”

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Ted Cruz threatens to burn John Boehner’s book over criticisms .., how on brand for a fascist https://t.co/c1WBH1HMaU

— Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 15, 2021