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Texas lawmakers seek to ban Ted Cruz from attending college sporting events
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Texas Democrats in Harris County are sponsoring a resolution that would ban US Senator Ted Cruz from attending college sporting events involving Texas teams, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle.
Cruz’s appearances at various Texas sporting events have been scrutinized for years, with “The Cruz Curse” becoming a popular offhand joke. Most recently, the Senator attended the men’s basketball national championship game between Houston and Florida, when the Cougars blew a 12-point second-half lead and lost to the Gators.
One of the resolution’s co-authors, Harris County Democratic Party precinct chair Bill Kelly, claims the Texas, Baylor, and Texas A&M football teams are 1-8 in games with Cruz in attendance. Cruz was notably on hand for the 2024 Sugar Bowl when Texas lost to Washington in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
Kelly also claims sports bettors are 15-2 since 2017 when betting the moneyline against teams that Cruz is supporting in person.
“We all agree that the nine scariest words for any college fan are, ‘I’m Ted Cruz, and I’m coming to your game,'” Kelly told the Chronicle. “It’s a problem. He needs to quit going to college games in Texas.”
The resolution urges Cruz to instead focus on “protecting the jobs of NASA and other federal employees affected by the Trump administration’s budget cuts.” It also makes reference to Cruz’s ill-fated trip to Cancun during a dangerous winter storm and an NSFW narrative regarding Vice President JD Vance.
“Ted has been attending Texas sports games his entire life,” a spokesperson for Cruz said in a statement to the Chronicle. “When they win, he’s there. When they lose, he’s there. When Texas Democrats lose, he’s almost always there.”
The resolution will go before the resolutions committee, which will vote on whether to approve it and send it to the County Executive Committee.
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