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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTriumph the Insult Comic Dog Mocks Ted Cruz to His Face: Trump 'Neutered' You
In a field piece for Colberts Late Show, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog laughed with Beto ORourke and embarrassed Ted Cruz.
Matt Wilstein
11.06.18 12:39 AM ET
During his 2016 election special on Hulu, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog got close to Ted Cruz, but he wasnt able to score an interview with the Texas senator. That changed on the eve of the 2018 midterms when the infamous hand puppet finally got his chance to confront the Republican.
As Stephen Colbert explained Monday night, with Conan OBrien off this week, he was kind enough to lend his field correspondent to The Daily Show. Not only did Triumph, as played by Colberts old colleague Robert Smigel from The Dana Carvey Show, come face-to-face with Cruz, he also met up with his wildly popular Democratic opponent Beto ORourke.
I love the way you are anybody but Ted Cruz, Triumph told ORourke before skewering his enthusiastic millennial base for thinking they can vote through Instagram. He asked, What does Ted Cruz have that you don't have, besides the ability to regenerate his tail? making the Democrat laugh and shake his head.
But the real fireworks came when Triumph confronted Cruz after one of his rallies as a security guard nervously tried to keep distance between man and puppet. Ted, is it true you will defend the Constitution at all costs except for when Donald Trump calls it ugly on Twitter? he asked, referencing the time Trump tweeted a meme making fun of Cruzs wifes looks. All Cruz could come up with in response was, I love the Constitution, and Twitter is Twitter.
Lets be civil here, OK, because this mannobody should be yelling at this man in a public place, Triumph added. I mean, doesnt this man have the right to sit down in a restaurant and enjoy a meal that five waiters have spit in? After Cruz tried to come back at him with a joke about Democrats taking him to the vet to get fixed, Triumph shot back, I support spaying and neutering, just like Trump did to you!
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Mocks Ted Cruz to His Face: Trump 'Neutered' You (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2018
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SWBTATTReg
(22,097 posts)1. Ohhhh!! This has got to hurt!! Go BETO!! nt
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)2. Thanks for posting as I nodded off after the monologue.
not that I was bored just exhausted.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)3. we are all exhausted
We still have a lot of mad dogs and bad dogs in the GOPer pack to round up, though.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)4. Mad dogs, eh?
Atticus Finch comes to mind. Metaphorically speaking that is.
mac56
(17,566 posts)5. He got the Cruz crowd to start chanting "Lion Of The Senate!"
Then he got them to shorten it to "Lion!"
And finally, to "Lion Ted!"
Brilliant.