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Ted Cruz tries to dunk on Gretchen Whitmer, self-owns so hard he has to delete his tweet

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Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has become one of Republicans’ favorite targets. Many believe it’s because Whitmer is widely considered a potential running mate pick for former Vice President , the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.Sen. (R-Texas) tried and failed to join the pile-on party.Cruz on Sunday retweeted an article about a recent that allows fines of up to $1,000 for violating social distancing during the pandemic. The article included a photo of Whitmer doing a ceremonial signing while a group of people looked on.“As I count it,” Cruz complained, “that’s $11K right there….”There was just one problem with Cruz’s attempted dunk: The picture was more than a year old.Within an hour, Whitmer herself corrected him. She that the old photo was “being misused to spread fear and anger.”“I know you would never intentionally mislead the public during a pandemic, so I’m hopeful you’ll correct this mistake as soon as possible,” Whitmer added.“Stay safe, &amp; happy Easter from Michigan.”Whitmer’s response was met with thunderous applause online.CNN correspondent Brian Stelter , “Why senators shouldn’t rush to dunk on others based on a too-good-to-be-true tweet.”Cruz quickly deleted the tweet. He does not appear to have apologized or issued a correction.&nbsp;

Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has become one of Republicans’ favorite targets. Many believe it’s because Whitmer is widely considered a potential running mate pick for former Vice President , the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.Sen. (R-Texas) tried and failed to join the pile-on party.Cruz on Sunday retweeted an article about a recent that allows fines of up to $1,000 for violating social distancing during the pandemic. The article included a photo of Whitmer doing a ceremonial signing while a group of people looked on.“As I count it,” Cruz complained, “that’s $11K...

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