Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Bloomberg via GettyYes, exactly.That was Sen.Ted Cruz’s response after video widely circulated thatseemed to show him nodding offduring PresidentJoe Biden’s first joint address to Congress, on Wednesday night.The Texas Republican, 50, had beenseen on cameraopening and closing his eyes slowly — as though actually falling into a doze — near the end ofBiden’s hour-long speech, in which the president touted his response to theCOVID-19pandemic and urged support for trillion-dollar spending on education, healthcare and more.Cruz’s social media critics were quick to pounce on his seeming snooze.Referencing how he controversially left Texas during deadly winter storms there this year,The Daily Showtweeted: “Looks like Ted’s eyes are hooked up to his state’s power grid.“Cruz did not initially say whether the moment was an intentional reaction to signal his feelings about Biden’s remarks or if he actually could not stay awake. He had applauded along with other lawmakers earlier in the speech, when Biden encouraged vaccinations, and gave a lively interview on Fox News after the address ended.On Twitter, Cruz responded to various posts about the viral moment to insist that Biden was the problem."#BoringButRadical,” herespondedto one clip.In another tweet, hewrote"true that” to a headline about how he was blaming the speech for the apparent nap.Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via GettyPresident Joe Biden (front) gives his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday with (back, from left) Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.DOUG MILLS/Getty ImagesExpanding on that, Cruztweetedin a third post: “Joe Biden’s boring facade is designed to mask what is the most radical package of policy proposals that any president has ever laid out in the first 100 days.“In his Wednesday speech, Biden, 78, pushed back on Republican resistance to his sweeping propsals.“We welcome ideas, but the rest of the world isn’t waiting for us. Doing nothing is not an option,” he said. “We can’t be so busy competing with each other that we forget the competition is with the rest of the world to win the 21st century. To win that competition for the future, we also need to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our families — in our children.“Members of Congress have strategically used news camera’s live reaction shots during presidential speeches to make political points in the past: After PresidentDonald Trumpdelivered his State of the Union address in 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood up behind him andripped his remarks in half.
Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty
Yes, exactly.That was Sen.Ted Cruz’s response after video widely circulated thatseemed to show him nodding offduring PresidentJoe Biden’s first joint address to Congress, on Wednesday night.The Texas Republican, 50, had beenseen on cameraopening and closing his eyes slowly — as though actually falling into a doze — near the end ofBiden’s hour-long speech, in which the president touted his response to theCOVID-19pandemic and urged support for trillion-dollar spending on education, healthcare and more.Cruz’s social media critics were quick to pounce on his seeming snooze.Referencing how he controversially left Texas during deadly winter storms there this year,The Daily Showtweeted: “Looks like Ted’s eyes are hooked up to his state’s power grid.“Cruz did not initially say whether the moment was an intentional reaction to signal his feelings about Biden’s remarks or if he actually could not stay awake. He had applauded along with other lawmakers earlier in the speech, when Biden encouraged vaccinations, and gave a lively interview on Fox News after the address ended.On Twitter, Cruz responded to various posts about the viral moment to insist that Biden was the problem."#BoringButRadical,” herespondedto one clip.In another tweet, hewrote"true that” to a headline about how he was blaming the speech for the apparent nap.Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via GettyPresident Joe Biden (front) gives his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday with (back, from left) Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.DOUG MILLS/Getty ImagesExpanding on that, Cruztweetedin a third post: “Joe Biden’s boring facade is designed to mask what is the most radical package of policy proposals that any president has ever laid out in the first 100 days.“In his Wednesday speech, Biden, 78, pushed back on Republican resistance to his sweeping propsals.“We welcome ideas, but the rest of the world isn’t waiting for us. Doing nothing is not an option,” he said. “We can’t be so busy competing with each other that we forget the competition is with the rest of the world to win the 21st century. To win that competition for the future, we also need to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our families — in our children.“Members of Congress have strategically used news camera’s live reaction shots during presidential speeches to make political points in the past: After PresidentDonald Trumpdelivered his State of the Union address in 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood up behind him andripped his remarks in half.
Yes, exactly.
That was Sen.Ted Cruz’s response after video widely circulated thatseemed to show him nodding offduring PresidentJoe Biden’s first joint address to Congress, on Wednesday night.
The Texas Republican, 50, had beenseen on cameraopening and closing his eyes slowly — as though actually falling into a doze — near the end ofBiden’s hour-long speech, in which the president touted his response to theCOVID-19pandemic and urged support for trillion-dollar spending on education, healthcare and more.
Cruz’s social media critics were quick to pounce on his seeming snooze.
Referencing how he controversially left Texas during deadly winter storms there this year,The Daily Showtweeted: “Looks like Ted’s eyes are hooked up to his state’s power grid.”
Cruz did not initially say whether the moment was an intentional reaction to signal his feelings about Biden’s remarks or if he actually could not stay awake. He had applauded along with other lawmakers earlier in the speech, when Biden encouraged vaccinations, and gave a lively interview on Fox News after the address ended.
On Twitter, Cruz responded to various posts about the viral moment to insist that Biden was the problem.
“#BoringButRadical,” herespondedto one clip.
In another tweet, hewrote"true that” to a headline about how he was blaming the speech for the apparent nap.
Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty
President Joe Biden (front) gives his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday with (back, from left) Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.DOUG MILLS/Getty Images
Expanding on that, Cruztweetedin a third post: “Joe Biden’s boring facade is designed to mask what is the most radical package of policy proposals that any president has ever laid out in the first 100 days.”
In his Wednesday speech, Biden, 78, pushed back on Republican resistance to his sweeping propsals.
“We welcome ideas, but the rest of the world isn’t waiting for us. Doing nothing is not an option,” he said. “We can’t be so busy competing with each other that we forget the competition is with the rest of the world to win the 21st century. To win that competition for the future, we also need to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our families — in our children.”
Members of Congress have strategically used news camera’s live reaction shots during presidential speeches to make political points in the past: After PresidentDonald Trumpdelivered his State of the Union address in 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood up behind him andripped his remarks in half.
source: people.com
