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Jokesters Use Ted Cruz to Air Personal Grievances

By Warren Rojas
Posted September 25, 2013 at 11:51am

The Twitterverse has seemingly enjoyed every minute of the non-filibuster Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and pals have engaged in over the past 20-some hours on the Senate floor.

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Which is not to say everyone has continued hanging on Cruz’s every word.

As part of their ongoing anti-Obamacare campaign, Cruz and conservative commentators decided to punctuate their anger by appending online missives with the #MakeDCListen tag.

And while they’ve gotten plenty of traction from the rhetorical challenge, some social-media users have elected to take the taunt in much different directions, including:

 

 

 

 

caped crusading

 

and, of course,

 

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