Ted Cruz invokes 'left‑wing transgender witches' in campaign rant

cultureOct 17, 202623440

Senator Ted Cruz used the phrase "left-wing transgender witches" while attacking opponents on the campaign trail. The line drew immediate pushback in posted reactions, with one commenter referencing Alaska Senate politics, saying Cruz's remark was part of defending Dan Sullivan against Mary Peltola. Many posts mocked Cruz, calling the phrase outlandish and linking it to an earlier joke about Cancun tequila. Other posts reclaimed the phrase, with several people writing they would trust or identify as a "left-wing transgender witch," and joking about adding it to business cards or sliding into DMs. A separate post grouped Cruz with Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin and candidate John McGuire, labeling them virulent bigots and transphobic. The exchange has turned into a sharp moment in Cruz's campaign rhetoric that online posters are using both to lampoon him and to rally around the phrase.

Jay B Personne

@jbrdtrd.bsky.social

If Ted Cruz is seeing left-wing transgender witches, or even one, he might want to lay off the shots of Cancun tequila.

2347h ago

Heartlight Intuition94

You're right. None of us would go anywhere near Ted Cruz. 😉

Catacombs Gourdeiro🎃6

his main office is in downtown Austin and i know he's like never there but it's not out of the question that he's seen a left-wing trans witch or two just walkin around

Wh⭕a5

I think I know where he might be seeing them

July Wolfe Again1

If I were a witch, Ted Cruz would already have a hex and two curses on him.

vanoreo

@vanoreo.bsky.social

i would trust basically any left wing transgender witch with my life

613h ago

Adios Democracy

@adios-democracy.bsky.social

And imagine being Dan Sullivan here. You are incredibly worried about losing your Senate seat to Mary Peltola, and what is the recommended solution? Oh, yeah, let's have a nationally reviled man like Ted Cruz defend me by talking about "left-wing, transgender witches."

197h ago

Fedule

@fedule.bsky.social

i hate to hand it to a guy like ted cruz but this is correct. according to the principles of formal logic, the only scenario that renders him incorrect is if there is a left-wing transgender witch who *doesn't* hate donald trump

161h ago

Blue Virginia

@bluevirginia.bsky.social

What do Ted Cruz, Glenn Youngkin and John McGuire have in common? For starters, they're all right-wing nutjobs and Trump lapdogs. They're also virulent bigots, including transphobia. Oh, and Youngkin is Cruz's BFF... bluevirginia.us/2026/10/satu...

"Ted Cruz: "Right now, if you are left-wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump"" - Aaron Rupar

151h ago

Ms . Pen-in-my-knee EEK-en

@skywitchy.bsky.social

Oh wow it's like he's speaking directly to me, the left-wing transgender witch

112h ago

Javier (אפרים)

@gajw.bsky.social

By this logic, the majority of Americans are left-wing transgender witches as of today. And I, a just-diagnosed left-wing transgender witch, am cool with that.

103h ago

TheValuesVoter

@thevaluesvoter.bsky.social

The more obsessed supposedly heterosexual men become with transgender issues, the more curious people get about what might be in their browser history. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

55h ago