Ted Cruz Tells Students His Pronoun Is 'Kiss My A**' in Gender Identity Jab
Ted Cruz of Texas told a group of conservative college students that his pronoun is "kiss my a**" while lashing out at those who inform others of their personal pronouns on Friday.Cruz slammed what he said were "woke college campuses" during a speech at Turning Point USA's annual Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida.
The Texas Republican said that he "celebrates" those who have "gone to crazy town" by recognizing the existence of people with gender identities that do match their sex at birth because it encourages others, likely those who claim that there is no distinction between gender identity and sex, to move closer to his conservative political viewpoint."The more crazy they get, every time they do something ridiculous, part of me weeps but part of me celebrates," said Cruz. "Because it is accelerating the country coming back, it is opening eyes.
I promise all of y'all on campuses across the country—your classmates, even if they are scared to say it, are looking around thinking 'this stuff is nuts.'"Cruz recalled an incident that supposedly involved a student at a "woke" campus telling him that she was "required in every class" to specify her pronouns.
The senator then acted out his own introduction and "pronoun," which provoked cheers from the conservative crowd."I talked to a student recently at one of our woke college campuses who said she is required in every class to introduce herself and to give her pronouns," Cruz said to a smattering of boos. "Well my name is Ted Cruz and my pronoun is 'kiss my a**.'"Republican politicians have recently placed a heavy focus on issues of gender identity and opposing transgender rights.
