While scrolling through Twitter, I noticed that the singer Pat Benatar was trending and clicked to find out why.
The answer was . . . unexpected.
During an appearance on the Joe Pags talk show on Thursday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz answered a question regarding whether or not a supermajority would ever vote to remove Biden from office in the case of an impeachment by way of diverging off into a Satanic flight of fancy.
"I don't think Senate Democrats, if you had video of Joe Biden murdering children dressed as the devil under a full moon while singing Pat Benatar, they still wouldn't vote to convict," Cruz said.
This mention of Benatar's name (forget about Biden dressed as the devil and killing kids, I guess) sent the internet a'flutter, with many wondering if her music is the most "Satanic" example Cruz could come up with at the time.
"There are so many black metal bands Ted Cruz could have used here, and yet his idea of Satanic music is... Pat Benatar," @jh_swanson commented on Twitter.
"I now have a mental image of Pat Benatar just sitting at her kitchen table and wondering why she's trending on Twitter, and then seeing why," said @runninhillbilly.
Pat Benatar right now pic.twitter.com/z0xvwmO36O
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 15, 2023
Other input from Twitter on the matter:
"Why is Ted Cruz dragging Pat Benatar into his weird fantasies?" @MadyLowell
"GOP: we believe in the rule of law
The rule of law: it's not appropriate for anyone to store nuclear secrets in a bathroom
GOP: how dare you, I bet you eat children while singing Pat Benatar
The rule of law: no really, no nuclear secrets in a bathroom
GOP/Cruz: PAT BENATAR" @redwingx
"Ever dance with Pat Benatar in the pale moonlight?" @MikePerryavatar
Benatar herself has not weighed in on her trending status, but whenever she does it's going to be really funny.
