Seth Rogen took a break from his pottery-making hobby to go after Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Twitter in recent days.
The 38-year-old Knocked Up star has been flinging every F-word at his disposal at the politician — but especially ‘fascist.’
Their angry back-and-forth started on Inauguration Day when Rogen angrily replied to one of Cruz’s tweets about the Paris Climate Agreement, but the actor was also infuriated by claims that the 50-year-old Republican had ginned up support for the violent Capitol Hill insurrection on January 6 that left five people dead.
Twitter tirade: Seth Rogen, 38, took aim at Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Twitter in recent days, ultimately calling him a fascist and blaming him for the deadly Capitol Hill insurrection; seen in February 2020 in NYC
Cruz’s January 20 tweet was in referencing to President Biden recommitting the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, a pact that attempts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide.
‘By rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, President Biden indicates he’s more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh,’ Cruz tweeted. ‘This agreement will do little to affect the climate and will harm the livelihoods of Americans.’
‘F*** off you fascist,’ Rogen replied.
The post was instantly ridiculed by many other users as well, as Cruz appeared to mistakenly believe that the accords were crafted solely by Parisians, when in fact the name refers to the place where nations met to adopt the Agreement.
Factually challenged: Cruz tweeted that the Paris Climate Agreement helped ‘citizens of Paris’ more than ‘citizens of Pittsburgh,’ though it has nothing to do with Parisians, which let Rogen to tweet: ‘F*** off you fascist’; Cruz seen in October in the Capitol Building
Fighting words: Cruz posted a screenshot and replied that the Democratic Party was for you ‘if you’re a rich, angry Hollywood celebrity’
Other critics suggested he was aware of that fact and was cynically trying to gin up support from followers who weren’t as well educated on the matter.
Some users mocked Cruz’s supposed concern for citizens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after he was one of six Republican senators who voted against certifying Pennsylvania’s presidential election results due to baseless claims of election fraud.
Cruz was mostly concerned with Rogen’s critiques, though, and he shared a screenshot of the post, adding: ‘Charming, civil, educated response. @Sethrogen If you’re a rich, angry Hollywood celebrity, today’s Dems are the party for you. If you’re blue collar, if you’re a union member, if you work in energy or manufacturing… not so much.’
Rogen replied: ‘If you’re a white supremacist fascist who doesn’t find it offensive when someone calls your wife ugly, Ted Cruz is the exact motherf***er for you,’ while adding that he was in ‘four unions.’
Harsh: Rogen replied, ‘If you’re a white supremacist fascist who doesn’t find it offensive when someone calls your wife ugly, Ted Cruz is the exact motherf***er for you’; seen in 2019
Getting personal: After Cruz tweeted that Disney’s Fantasia was the first film he saw in a theater, Rogen replied: ‘Everyone who made that film would hate you’
Pushing back: ‘They’re all dead. So I think we’re good. And Walt Disney was a Republican,’ Cruz wrote in a quote tweet, before comparing Rogen’s tweets to someone with Tourette’s
With their Twitter feud ignited, neither Rogen nor Cruz seemed willing to give it up and instead they escalated.
In response to a prompt tweet asking about the first film people saw in theaters, Cruz replied that it was Walt Disney’s Fantasia.
‘It was playing at a film revival. It scared me; I cried — I was 4. My mom had to take me out,’ he wrote, adding, ‘Good times.’
Rogen responded: ‘Everyone who made that film would hate you.’
‘They’re all dead. So I think we’re good. And Walt Disney was a Republican,’ Cruz wrote in a quote tweet. ‘Even though you behave online like a Marxist with Tourette’s (screaming ‘F U! F U!’ is really, really clever), your movies are typically pretty funny. I’m sure you hate that I enjoy them.’
Clarification: Rogen doubled down and said he had a ‘mild case’ of Tourette’s before calling Cruz a ‘f***ing fascist’ again
No joke: ‘All jokes aside, @Sethrogen is a moron,’ Cruz wrote while complaining about the ‘fascist Left,’ a nonsense term
Rogen replied that he has a ‘mild case’ of Tourette’s and blasted the senator again.
‘I once again take great pleasure in telling you to go f*** yourself,’ he wrote, before adding a medical clarification: ‘Also VERY few cases of Tourette’s manifest in uncontrollable swearing. Most cases, like mine, manifest in twitching.’
He added in another tweet: ‘All jokes aside, @tedcruz is a fascist piece of s***.’
Cruz stuck to the form, writing, ‘All jokes aside, @Sethrogen is a moron. It’s your party that believes in govt power: to shut your business, to oppress your faith & to censor your speech. Anyone who disagrees, they try to cancel. BTW, a lot of folks in Hollywood are conservative – & muzzled by the fascist Left.’
Rogen seemed infuriated enough to mention the deadly insurrection on the Capitol Building, in which one police officer was killed by protesters after allegedly being bashed in the head with a fire extinguisher.
He made himself even clearer later in the day.
‘Your lies got people killed. You have blood on your hands,’ he wrote.
Not holding back: Rogen seemed infuriated enough to mention the deadly insurrection on the Capitol Building, in which one police officer was killed by protesters after allegedly being bashed in the head with a fire extinguisher
Furious: He made himself even clearer later in the day. ‘Your lies got people killed. You have blood on your hands,’ he wrote
So far, Cruz has yet to respond to Rogen’s tweets about the Capitol insurrection.
However, other critics and Democratic members of Congress have also accused Cruz and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley of fomenting the riot, and there have been calls from some members for the senators to be expelled from the Senate over their participation in rallies leading up to the deadly break-in.
The Neighbors star tweeted later: ‘This isn’t a Twitter “feud.” @tedcruz tried to overthrow our government. He inspired a deadly mob to storm the Capitol. And I think that deserves ridicule. So f*** him.’
Radio silence: So far, Cruz has yet to respond to Rogen’s tweets about the Capitol insurrection
The end for now: The Neighbors star tweeted later: ‘This isn’t a Twitter “feud.” @tedcruz tried to overthrow our government. He inspired a deadly mob to storm the Capitol. And I think that deserves ridicule. So f*** him’; seen in 2019 in Hollywood