Ted Cruz is not welcome at Yankee Stadium. The Texas senator was greeted with a chorus of boos and insults when he attended a playoff match between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros on Sunday night.
“You f**king loser. Racist piece of s**t. Go back to Cancun,” fans can be heard saying in a video posted to social media.
Ted Cruz taking a stroll at Yankee Stadium:
“You f*cking loser. Racist piece of sh*t. Go back to Cancun”
— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) October 24, 2022
The controversial conservative senator waved and strolled to his seat while fans expressed their disapproval with their middle fingers.
At least one fan posed for a photo with the Texas politician. Many other critics, however, continued to lash out on social media.
Awfully bold of him to be sitting amongst the people
— Annabelle Peaches (@annaisapeach) October 24, 2022
And as always 👇🏾🖕🏽 pic.twitter.com/Pw5sEDl5VC
— Thoughts & Prayers 😷💙🌺🇹🇹🇺🇸 (@Dianne50689540) October 24, 2022
He got the welcome he deserved. Hope he enjoyed it.
— Independent-woman (@PharmWoman) October 24, 2022
If he comes to Philly during the World Series, well give him more of the same
— y – Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights (@StefanIsSoHott) October 24, 2022
— GQP are coming after gay marriage next-Be ready (@WarnockWarrior) October 24, 2022
Gotta say – I appreciate it when a guy yells “Woman hater” at misogynist Ted Cruz. Makes you feel like you’re not doing the heavy lifting alone.
— Anti-Fascist LA Lady (@thedunford) October 24, 2022
I’m a Guardians fan, but for this, Yankees fans I say……. pic.twitter.com/1XfacJDllf
— ThePhunckyFeelOne (@KJH16751) October 24, 2022
Cruz faced more backlash when he posted a selfie on Twitter before the game and showed his support for the Astros.
Ted Cruz is still on the first leg of his Anywhere But Texas tour. He's doing a great job cosplaying Texan today.
— Joanna Fernandez Sullivan (@Joannafersulli) October 24, 2022
You’re a terrible human. – all yankee fans
— Rose Benson (@NotoriousRBF) October 24, 2022
Where do you go where people actually like you? https://t.co/f9Gq5iayNI
— 😀 (@patysq73) October 24, 2022
Cruz is accustomed to getting bashed wherever he goes. As Blavity previously reported, one man confronted the senator at a Houston restaurant in May to demand a change to gun laws.
“Background checks ― is that so hard?” Benjamin Hernandez told Cruz in the restaurant. “You can make it harder for people to get guns in this country. You know that. You know that. But you stand here, you stand at the NRA convention ― it is harder, it is harder when there are more guns to stop gun violence.”
As Blavity reported at the time, Cruz also faced wide backlash in 2021 when he decided to take a lavish vacation while many Texans struggled to survive a massive winter storm.
