Filmmaker Richard Linklater and the liberal-backed Fire Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Cruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE PAC are mocking the Republican Texas senator over his preference for White Castle burgers in a new ad.

In the ad, titled “Ted Cruz loves White Castle,” actor Sonny Carl Davis mocks Cruz over his comments about the burger chain and asks what his spokesperson meant when he called the senator's Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas), a “triple meat Whataburger liberal."

“What does that even mean, Ted? I mean, everybody I know in Texas likes Whataburger,” Davis asks.

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The ad then cuts to a clip of the Republican senator saying he is a “big fan of eating White Castle burgers” and that he “likes their little burgers.”

“I don’t even know what that is. There’s not a White Castle within 900 miles of Texas, Ted. Maybe up in Canada, but not in Texas,” Davis muses.

The closest White Castle to Texas is roughly 580 miles from Wichita Falls in Columbia, Missouri, according to a local ABC affiliate.

The new ad from Linklater was released just weeks before the midterm elections.

Though Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in decades, a number of polls have pointed to a narrowing margin between the candidates.

A recent Emerson College poll reported that Cruz holds a 5-point lead over O’Rourke. Forty-seven percent of likely voters support the Texas Republican, while 42 percent back O'Rourke. Another 8 percent of voters are undecided.

A RealClearPolitics average of polling shows Cruz with a 7-point lead.