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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

Ted Cruz under fire for crude joke saying Elizabeth Warren ‘could’ have a penis

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Senator Ted Cruz is under fire for a crass joke made at a rally in Nevada about fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren during which he speculated whether the Democrat “could” have a penis.

The attempted slight against the Massachusetts senator was met with laughter by the crowd of attendees at the seventh annual Basque Fry in Nevada on Saturday but was quickly condemned online as being a veiled transphobic jest after video footage of the speech was shared on Twitter.

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