It’s not just a Bronx thing.
Sen. Ted Cruz was showered with boos by otherwise jubilant Houston Astros fans and pegged with a beer can during the team’s World Series victory parade on Monday.
Cruz (R-Texas) rode atop a military Humvee with his family during the parade through the city celebrating the Astros’ second World Series win in six years when he was hit by the cacophony of jeers, some one-finger salutes, and what appeared to be a full can of beer.
“Loud boos and middle fingers for Ted Cruz,” Houston sports reporter Ben DuBose wrote on Twitter.
Cruz and another man on the Humvee attempted in vain to stop the beer can as it hurtled toward the senator, video footage from the incident showed.
Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade pic.twitter.com/lRALgyXCe2
— Alien Truther Wildwest (@wcgroovy) November 7, 2022
NBC reported that the individual who threw the beer can was arrested by Houston police.
The booing didn’t seem to put a damper on the festivities for Cruz, who insisted on Twitter later that he had “a great time” at the parade.
“Fired up crowd today during the [Astros] #WorldSeries parade! Such a great time celebrating an amazing team! #GoStros,” Cruz wrote on Monday.
Cruz is no stranger to jeers from baseball fans.
During the American League Championship Series in New York, several Yankees fans gave the Texas senator the middle finger as he waved to spectators from his seats behind home plate during Game 4.
The Astros would go on to win the game to complete the series sweep, and Cruz had a one-word response on social media to hostile Yankees fans: “scoreboard.”
Houston defeated the Philadelphia Phillies to take the title in six games, winning the clincher 4-1 on Saturday night.
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