Here’s The Joke Ted Cruz Just Told About Vice President Joe Biden Before He’s Even Buried His Son
Comedian and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz just told a joke about the Vice President. Again. This time it’s different.
Saturday night, when Beau Biden died of brain cancer at the age of 46, you might have assumed the entire nation knew him personally if you just took a look at Facebook or Twitter. The mourning and outpouring of support for his father, Vice President Joe Biden, was enormous. Beau, by most accounts, was a strong leader, a kind and empathetic gentleman, and a servant to his nation.Â
Tomorrow Beau will lie in honor at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware. Joe Biden will bury Beau Saturday. President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy.
Ted Cruz, on the stump speaking to fellow Republicans in Michigan this evening, pulled an old joke out of his hat. About Joe Biden.
Chad Livengood, a reporter for The Detroit News, was on hand tweeting Cruz’s speech.
And the “joke.”
“Vice President Joe Biden,” @TedCruz says to faint laughter. “You know the nice thing? You don’t need a punch line.” #JoeBiden
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) June 3, 2015
Which was followed by this:
“Please leave your cell phones on. I want to make sure President Obama hears every word we say,” @TedCruz says. #NSA #GOP
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) June 3, 2015
Here’s Cruz delivering the joke in 2013:
Livengood also offered this:
When I asked @tedcruz “why’d you tell a joke about the vice president tonight?” the Texas senator turned and walked away. #BeauBiden #netDE
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) June 4, 2015
Cruz offered this apology via Facebook tonight:
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Think Progress notes “Cruz has told this joke before, on multiple occasions. (Business Insider described it as “nasty†in March.) Cruz apparently did not feel the need to alter his routine in light of the tragic death of Biden’s 46-year-old son.”
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