Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens during a campaign event on April 21 in Hartford, Conn. | AP Photo Clinton super PAC: Cruz 'hates avocados'

A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC is warring with the Ted Cruz campaign, hitting his positions on everything from Planned Parenthood to his noted disdain for avocados.

The Texas senator’s campaign released an ad Thursday in which an actor portraying longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin desperately questions how the Clinton campaign can stop Cruz. “I don’t think we can,” another aide responds.


Priorities USA responded to Cruz’s “War Room” attack ad Friday, issuing a “Star Wars”-themed rebuttal of its own, outlining a series of reasons that suggest Cruz has already stopped himself. The 45-second spot, titled “How to Stop Ted Cruz,” begins with a clip of the actors portraying Clinton and her aides in the war room from Cruz’s ad asking how to stop him.

But it quickly transitions to a “Star Wars”-like scroll and galactic background, noting that Cruz wants to “prosecute Planned Parenthood,” led the government shutdown effort over President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act and voted against funding for operations against the Islamic State.

It also pokes fun at the senator, highlighting a quote from Cruz’s college roommate, who said, “Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being,” and adding that Cruz “hates avocados,” named “world domination” as a life goal, allegedly likes the band Nickelback and buys 100 cans of soup at one time.

And, as if that weren’t enough, the ad also claims Cruz does “terrible” impressions on the Senate floor and concludes its list with a recent quote from a fellow Republican lawmaker, who explicitly said this week, “I hate Ted Cruz.”