In fact, as Twitter was quick to point out, she inherits the presidency from Donald Trump (as the show predicted in 2000), who tanked the economy. This is, of course, an incredible self-own, as Lisa is the highly intelligent and moral voice of reason on the show who eventually actually becomes president. It has no meaning today!”Ĭruz, who is allegedly a Simpsons fan, said in his answer, “I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and the Republicans are, happily, the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.” Seeing as he's like some sort of IRL Ned Flanders, it would be believable that he and his family only own a TV to gather together, drink warm milk, and watch VHS tapes of old church sermons.īut during CPAC yesterday, Cruz was asked to discuss gun control within the context of a Simpsons episode where Homer becomes obsessed with guns and tells Lisa, “I have to have a gun! It’s in the Constitution!” She replies, “Dad, the Second Amendment is just a remnant from Revolutionary days. I would not be surprised if he wasn't even aware The Simpsons was the most popular cartoon for the last three decades. An off-duty police officer who was at Florida’s Parkland high school during a 2018 massacre has testified at the trial of the deputy accused of not stopping the shooter responsible. I would not be surprised if he hadn't seen a single episode of The Simpsons. Now, Ted Cruz is not a normal human or an American man. It would be tough for anyone over the age of 25 to have not watched, even accidentally, an entire episode of The Simpsons, or at least recognize the iconic characters. ![]() Any adult human with even the vaguest interest in American culture is at least familiar with the show. T he Simpsons has been on the air for 29 seasons, making it the longest-running scripted primetime show ever. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington D.C.
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