SELF-ABSORBED NARCISSIST TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ: Roasted on Twitter for Conduct During Confirmation Hearing

Intro: Sen. Ted Cruz was caught looking up his name on Twitter after aggressively questioning Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The faux pas occurred shortly after Cruz tried to speak over his allotted 20-minute time as he aggressively questioned Jackson on her handling of child pornography cases. 

Cruz ignored repeated pleas from Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for the Texas Republican to stop talking after his time expired.

"You can bang it as long as you want," Cruz said as Durbin struck his gavel. 

OOPS! Reporters Spot What Sen. Ted Cruz Was Looking At On His Phone During Hearings

The Texas senator was roasted on Twitter for this one.

By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor, HuffPost

HuffPost |

"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had yet another awkward moment with technology on Wednesday when reporters spotted what he was checking on his phone during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

It was his own social media mentions.

Cruz went beyond his allotted time with his attacks on Jackson, drawing a gavel from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), which led to a testy exchange between the two.

Once Cruz was done grandstanding for the cameras, he whipped out his cellphone. Los Angeles Times reporter Nolan D. McCaskill caught what he was doing:

Ted Cruz looks like he’s checking his mentions after his back and forths with KBJ and Durbin. He’s had his head down during all of Coons’ testimony, even as Sasse and Tillis are clearly listening to their Democratic colleague and the nominee before them pic.twitter.com/Rrlud9FHov

— Nolan D. McCaskill (@NolanDMcCaskill) March 23, 2022

Can confirm this. He was searching twitter for his name, this was right after his exchange with Chairman Durbin. https://t.co/pd7W6SHVPV pic.twitter.com/AKXoe4CYKK

— Kent Nishimura (西村賢一) (@kentnish) March 23, 2022

I knew it. I knew Ted Cruz was a self searcher https://t.co/0TUEBSntcr

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) March 24, 2022

We have designed systems of power in which many of the people who rule over us don’t care at all about improving lives or solving problems, but only care about fame, power, social media stardom, and performative narcissism. It’s an utterly broken system. https://t.co/ZkGdufcNl5

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 23, 2022

Proof that all of this is for the cameras & to cut campaign ads. They want to be seen denigrating an eminently qualified Black woman Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackon, not based on her career or qualifications, but to get retweets & likes. It's disgusting. https://t.co/0luO1mRQgh

— KD (@Fly_Sistah) March 24, 2022

I pray to the Twitter algorithm gods that @tedcruz saw my tweet calling him a miserable, shameless, pandering demagogue locked in an endless, emasculating pursuit of a presidency he will never have 🙏 https://t.co/lYKBck9sGp

— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) March 23, 2022

the thirstiest boy that ever thirsted https://t.co/5wRR22t0tl

— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 23, 2022

Do you think when Cruz was searching Twitter for his name he came across tweets about him searching Twitter for his name? https://t.co/rU2hsngeUT

— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 24, 2022

Ted Cruz's descent into the pool of patheticness continues. Looking for your name on Twitter is what school shooters and serial killers do Ted, seriously. https://t.co/gkcVuqiUms

— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) March 23, 2022

This single tweet does a better job of explaining why Cruz is the way he is than all the long articles about him ever written https://t.co/alWGvx21uc

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) March 23, 2022

The child porn smears and fake outrage are all for this: getting a viral moment on social media which might get picked up by Fox https://t.co/9hUQJiP8wj

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 23, 2022

If you needed proof the Cruz line of questioning was all political grandstanding, here you go. https://t.co/UyPbtpaZZm

— Rachel Barkow (@RachelBarkow) March 23, 2022

More evidence that everything Ted Cruz does is for Ted Cruz. After engaging in a disingenuous argument with Chairman Durbin, Ted Cruz searched for his own name on Twitter, instead of listening to the nominee.

What a pathetic excuse for a Senator. https://t.co/BNyJQi544I

— Blue Grass Roots (@BGR_US) March 24, 2022

This is the whole game, y'all. Ted Cruz name searching himself on Twitter *during a Senate hearing* after he got done his disingenuous attacks.

That is literally it.

All you need to know about him and this process. https://t.co/tCWAnIhxwJ

— Isaac Saul (readtangle.com) (@Ike_Saul) March 23, 2022

While you're name searching yourself, @tedcruz, here's one making sure everyone knows what a performative, self-obsessed narcissist you are. https://t.co/rdpnumQn4j

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 23, 2022

Ted Cruz name searching himself on Twitter is peak Ted Cruz https://t.co/pbF72JQyZq

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) March 23, 2022

.@tedcruz was caught searching Twitter for his name during the hearings today after he humiliated himself.

Since we know he likes to read his mentions, why don't you tag him and let him know how you feel? https://t.co/0SYqiCEIzI

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) March 23, 2022