Ted Cruz takes bite out of HBO's 'True Blood'

AUSTIN — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to social media Tuesday to smack HBO's vampire show "True Blood" for staging a fictional fundraiser for the tea party darling — calling the episode "misogynist" and "profanity-ridden."

"Of all the places I never thought to be mentioned, HBO's True Blood vampire show would have to be near the top of the list. Sunday night, they aired a misogynist and profanity-ridden episode where Texas Republicans are murdered attending a "Ted Cruz fundraiser." Cruz said in a Facebook post published Tuesday. "Well, I'm sorry to have lost the vampire vote, but am astonished (and amused) that HBO is suggesting that hard-core leftists are blood-sucking fiends..."

The episode depicted a fictional fundraiser for the freshman senator at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, according to The Dallas Morning News, which gave fictional coverage during the episode.

Cruz reiterated his disdain for the depiction in a tweet Tuesday afternoon: "Then again, I guess I never had a chance w/ the vampire vote since the dead tend to vote overwhelmingly for Dems."

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