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.
Numerous conservatives have berated Disney for supporting its LGBTQ+ employees. But Cruz's latest remarks are by far the strangest uttered by GOP homophobes (until now, at least).
Recall that Cruz's eldest daughter Caroline revealed in January that she is bisexual and declared that she "disagrees" with her father's toxic bigotry.
"A lot of people judge me based upon him at first glance," Caroline said at the time. "But I really disagree with most of his views."
The Senator's freaky rant made it abundantly clear that he is unmoved and will continue to promote intolerance.
"I think there are people who are misguided, trying to drive, you know, Disney stepping in saying, you know, in every episode, now they're going to have, you know, you know, Mickey and Pluto going at it like, really?!" Cruz exclaimed on his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz.
"Thank you for that image, Senator," Cruz's guest interjected.
"You know, but it's just like, like, come on guys, like, like, these are kids, and, and, you know, you can always shift to Cinemax if you want that, like, like, why do you have – it used to be – look, I'm a dad," Cruz continued. "Like, you used to be able to put your kids on the Disney Channel and be like, alright, something innocuous will happen."
Watch below via The Recount:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slams Disney for opposing Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law:
— The Recount (@therecount) April 19, 2022
“In every episode now, they’re gonna have Mickey and Pluto going at it … You can always shift to Cinemax if you want that.” pic.twitter.com/iZX82OiyC2
Cruz being Cruz, he shared the clip and dug himself in deeper.
"Hysterical—Leftists think parents want woke corporations indoctrinating our kids," he tweeted. "It ain't complicated: don't talk about sex—gay or straight—with little kids!"
Hysterical—Leftists think parents want woke corporations indoctrinating our kids.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 19, 2022
It ain’t complicated: don’t talk about sex—gay or straight—with little kids! https://t.co/GgbaftKUB7
Twitter, meanwhile, had a lot of questions, such as why people like Cruz are incessantly fixated on sex.
It's a reliable method of dehumanizing your opponent and lays the groundwork for justifying violence in the future. It's an offshoot of the Qanon PysOp run by our enemies (Russia?) to drive a deeper wedge into American society. It will get worse unless it's confronted decisively.
— ThumbWarStrategos (@RobFloyd20) April 19, 2022
He's, uh ... really put a lot of thought into this, huh?
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 19, 2022
Why are conservatives so worried about sex and genitalia all the time? They are always discussing who you can be with, when you can, if you have a penis or not, and what you do with it. It's really creepy and weird.
— Mark (@markbland) April 19, 2022
Didn't his daughter just come out as Bi? No wonder she doesn't like him
— Momo507@juno.com (@Momo507junocom1) April 19, 2022
Oh and I wonder how he feels about bugs and Elmer cross dressing?? pic.twitter.com/wescmMnNHp
Do they even make Mickey and Pluto content any more? I thought Disney was all teen singing and Star Wars rehash now?
— P2 (@flounder_MA) April 19, 2022
Shift to Skinamax? I don’t know Ted thought this one through enough.
— Chris (@IdiotAmer) April 19, 2022
How is it that the people most “concerned” about various sexual activity are that ones that come up with the most disturbing images? Their projections are on a whole ‘nother level.
— Hurting2Ride🇱🇷 ☀️🌊⛰🏍 (@Hurting2Ride) April 19, 2022
But Mickey is married to Minnie and Pluto is their dog. Couldn't be more conservative. What's wrong with Ted? ......Oh yeah!
— Sir Monte Carlo (@SirMonteCarlo) April 19, 2022
Wait, Ted thinks there are bestiality videos on Cinemax? He must be confusing it with his own collection, as last I recall not a lot of mouse on dog erotica on any cable channels.
— Andrew "[Joke has been redacted]" Sherrod (@MyMagnifOctopus) April 19, 2022
A. Ted Cruz doesn't watch the Disney Channel
— SusanCollins'Pearls (@moststylish1) April 19, 2022
B. How does he know Mickey and Pluto "go at it" on Cinemax? Maybe I should give up my HBO subscription and switch to Cinemax.
We now know what @tedcruz's internet searches look like, don't we?
— Chris Harrison (@cdharrison) April 19, 2022
Ted Cruz today publicly fantasized about Micky Mouse and Pluto having sex.@tedcruz is no outlier. The amount of time these fringe GOP nuts publicly obsess on bizarre sex fantasies (gay, straight and otherwise) is just weird and creepy.
— Eric Schmeltzer 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@JustSchmeltzer) April 19, 2022
