Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley, Cruz’s questions pushed Jackson on culture war issues such as gender identity and critical race theory.
He also asked Jackson about her past handling of child pornography cases.In the end, Cruz overran his time and had to be cut off by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin.
However, his grandstanding prompted plenty of backlash online.Among the bluntest was actor Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy).
Perlman posted a video message to Cruz on Twitter.“Hi Ted, Ron here,” Perlman said. “Listen, I know how tempting it is to appeal to the real lowest form of humanity here in the United States, the bottom feeders, people who pride themselves on hatred and un-education and inability to read and inability to understand the difference between true patriotism and the bullshit you’re selling.“I know how tempting it is to play to those people,” Perlman continued. “Because at least you have a base, but Jesus Christ Ted, for somebody with a really, really small dick, you get to be a bigger prick every fucking day.