You listen to me young lady:

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

[irisblue]

1. And yet she persisted in telling the truth

Get stuffed Cruz.

[Brainstormy]

2. He is SO creepy! n/t

[ashling]

12. I loved Charley Pierce's descriptive

That was merely the appetizer. Yates, in her calm and judicious way, proceeded to make the entrée Tailgunner Ted Cruz, who started out in his customary cloud of oily arrogance and ended up being sautéed by the nice lady with the backbone of steel.

[KT2000]

28. Love that!

She was so over their heads. They thought they could unnerve her but they look like fools covering up.

[calimary]

35. I LOVE Charlie Pierce!

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Also love Charles M. Blow of the NY Times. I believe it was he who wrote, recently, that trump has all the depth of a coat of paint.

As for Ted Cruz, don't ever set up a drinking game based on this weird little debating device he uses for "holding your attention." He makes a statement or half a statement, or phrase of "utterance-of-consequence" and then he stops. Closes his lips. Just stares at you as if to drill home his profound "moment of silent punctuation" or some such rot. It's a device. It's a device that you can only use once or twice. But he uses it continuously, to the point where it looks artificial and contrived. Blah-blah-blah-blah-CLOSED Yap-yap-yap-yap-yappity-yap-CLOSED Bla-de-bla-de-bla-de-bla-de-bla-de-bladeblabla-CLOSED. And when that mouth clamps shut, he stares at you or his eyes dart around as though spot-checking the room to see if anybody's hanging on his dead-air moment.

When I was in radio, a sure-fire way to grab everyone's attention was to go stone cold silent for a moment. A sudden gap in the jabber-jabber. That would make people freeze cold-stop for a moment and turn to gape at the radio. You got their attention alright. I think that's part of what goes on in that little lizard brain of ol' Teddy-boy. Watch him for a minute or so (as long as you can stand to do it, anyway) and observe. You don't have to listen to what he's actually saying. Just note the shtick of it.

A different take on what my husband calls "more ME, please." Ted wants - and expects - and very much NEEDS - all eyes on him, all the time.

[skylucy]

3. HAAAAAAA! She packed his lunch!!!!

[Phoenix61]

4. Stupid and mean is a bad combination

Cruz comes off as a complete moron. Her, I really, really like. Smart, calm, cool, and collected. Very impressive.

[NastyRiffraff]

5. GO SALLY!

She made Cruz look like the mean-spirited moron he is.

[SunSeeker]

6. She made him look like a stupid-ass first year law student.

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Man did she slap him silly with the facts and law! He thought he was asking her a gotcha question and she pointed out he was looking at the wrong section of the law, that he was ignoring the fact that the law still must be constitutional, i.e. not discriminate. He came off as a craven, stupid, political hack.

[brer cat]

7. Never ask a gotcha question

to someone smarter, better prepared, and ethical. He is an idiot.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Check that............

he only CONFIRMED that he is a craven, stupid, political hack!

[Ilsa]

8. This is evidence that cruz is too dumb

to ever expect to be nominated for scotus.

[John Lee Pettimore]

21. I agree he is too dumb to be scotus.

This is probably why the so called president would nominate him to be scotus. Look how dumb his cabinet picks are.

[PatSeg]

10. Cruz

pulled that condescending crap on Diane Feinstein a few years ago.

[George II]

18. What an arrogant prick! And to think I felt sorry for him when trump insulted him and his wife.

[PatSeg]

20. In his case,

what goes around, comes around. He started his career in the senate treating long time senators with disdain and condescension. I've never seen anything like it. There is a reason why he is the most hated man in the senate.

[Amaryllis]

11. Listening to FAUX creates belief in alternative facts which makes it really hard to have a cogent

argument with the likes of Sally. Ted was at a distinct disadvantage.

[gratuitous]

13. I'll bet he thought he was oh-so-clever

He started off with a cold cite to the U.S. Code, I'm sure hoping to knock Yates off her stride. Nobody knows the Code like that. But by the time Cruz got done reading the text of the statute, Yates had time to regroup mentally and give Cruz a little lesson in the statute as amended, instead of as written. That's the difference between a practicing attorney and a poser.

[spooky3]

15. I think she anticipated questions like that, and prepared for them. She was great.

[gratuitous]

30. I read a Tweet that Sen. Cruz skedaddled right after his time

I'm going to guess that he was very uncomfortable sitting there any longer with the red ass Yates had just given him.

[spooky3]

33. I heard he wanted to spend more time with his family.

[gratuitous]

37. Any word on whether his family wants to spend more time with him?

Remember that incredibly painful video from the campaign of Sen. Cruz trying to look like loving daddy with his daughter who clearly didn't want him anywhere near her?

[spooky3]

38. Ha ha! Guess they'll send him back to his seat.

[Snake Plissken]

14. Sally Yates kicked sand in his face and took his lunch money

then she said "would you make yourself dear, and get me a cup of coffee"

[George II]

16. "This more specific statute TRUMPS the first"*!!! Brava Ms. Yates! And it was all splayed out....

....on FOX NEWS, of all places (and among others)

*she must have been giggling (or should I say twittering?) inside as she said that.

[3catwoman3]

31. Deliciously reminiscent...

...of President Obama's classic, "Please proceed, Governor." In this case, it was, "Please proceed, asshole."

Also loved it when she quoted Cornyn's confirmation hearing question og her right back to him.

Yates 2: Yahoos 0

[George II]

32. The beauty of it all is that she used "trump" to make her point. Touche!

[Cha]

17. KICK! Thank you, Koad!

[JI7]

19. Cruz has the male version of the church lady voice and tone

[NoMoreRepugs]

22. Cruz solidified his status as one of the BIGGEST BUTTHOLES

to grace the national stage in many a year.

[FakeNoose]

25. Yeah no wonder everyone hates him

There's a reason for that! He probably got his talking points straight from the WH too.
What a tool!

But Sally Yates man, she's got no fucks to give. She toasted him.

[Lucky Luciano]

23. Cruz - the Cuban/Canadian immigrants that killed JFK

...lecturing about dangerous immigrants.

[mgardener]

24. Define 'sleaze'

Ted Cruz

[progressoid]

26. It was a thing of beauty.

[TeamPooka]

27. Cruz could have just told Yates "Spank me hard. I've been a bad boy" Same result. Gonna leave a mark

[aikoaiko]

29. Gotta love that Atlanta Southern accent.

Go Sally!
Go Dawgs!

[L. Coyote]

34. She should move to Texas and primary is sorry ass.

[Hekate]

36. I missed that moment because I absolutely have to mute the tv when Slime Boy starts yapping...

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to witness the takedown. Sally Yates, like my Senator DiFi, has more brains and class in her little finger than Slimy Ted could ever dream of.