Is Ted Cruz an ally? (Definitely not!)
Ted Cruz is getting an odd reaction from both the left and right on Twitter after he publicly condemned a Ugandan anti-gay law that would punish those who have gay sex with death or life in prison.
Cruz, normally a hero to the right and someone who has a terrible record on LGBTQ+ rights, recently tweeted out his condemnation of a new Ugandan law that increases punishment for people who have, or attempt to have, gay sex in the country.
Now, in a reversal of normal roles, those on the left are praising his new “woke era” while those on the right are trashing him as a groomer and pedophile supporter.
“This Uganda law is horrific & wrong,” Cruz wrote on Twitter. “Any law criminalizing homosexuality or imposing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ is grotesque & an abomination. ALL civilized nations should join together in condemning this human rights abuse.”
However, his supporters don’t agree, and seem to mostly be in favor of the law, which punishes “aggravated homosexuality,” or same-sex relations involving people who are HIV-positive, elderly, disabled, or mentally ill and sexual assault of minors, with death. The law states that if a person has gay sex with someone over 75, “a person with a disability,” or “a person with mental illness,” opening the doors for a lot of consensual acts to be punished with death.
Sarah Paulson could be punished with execution for her relationship with Holland Taylor under this law. Anyone who Ryan O’Connell’s character in the Netflix show Special slept with could be punished by death under this law.
It also punishes Ugandans who engage in consensual gay sex where those categories are not involved with life in prison.
Unfortunately, Cruz’s statement was a bit too much for his supporters. Conservative Twitter immediately started attacking Cruz, calling him “woke” (derogatory), a “Globalist Canadian” (bringing in the anti-semetism), “pro-butt sex,” and an “advocate for woke imperialism.”
But while Cruz’s supporters and other republicans are on board the hate train right now, those on the left are celebrating Cruz’s “woke” turn, at least while it lasts. While progressives are happy Cruz has joined them on this issue, very few see it as an actual, genuine change of heart for the Republican. But hey, why not enjoy some sarcasm?
Continue scrolling to see more over-the-top reactions to this new, pro-gay side of Ted Cruz.
