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Brandon Gage

Cruz worries about Disney character sex

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images

The bizarre right-wing war on The Walt Disney Company entered a new phase on Tuesday when United States Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggested that Disney plans on broadcasting animated gay pornography featuring two of its most beloved male cartoon characters.

Republicans have been beside themselves ever since Disney's Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek publicly condemned Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law in March. A few weeks later, the corporation's heir, Charlee, came out as transgender.

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