Cursed Ted Cruz Blamed As Yet Another Sports Appearance Goes Badly Wrong

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went to a football game on Monday to support the Texas Longhorns in their Sugar Bowl matchup against the Washington Huskies. 

It didn’t go well for Texas as Washington won 37-31 to advance to next week’s national championship game. The Texas defeat also continues what some fans see as a trend: When Cruz turns up, his team loses. 

In autumn, he showed up to support the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series.

They lost, and some fans blamed Cruz .

In 2018, he was blamed for jinxing the Houston Rockets  when the team was eliminated from the NBA playoffs with Cruz in attendance. And in 2017, fans blamed a poorly timed Cruz selfie  for Texas Tech’s defeat in the NCAA finals.

Last year, Cruz pushed back at the notion that his presence is a curse for sports teams, calling Rolling Stone magazine “lying hacks ” for an article on fans begging him to stay home  from the Astros game.

But after the Longhorns’ loss, some fans are taking it out on Cruz: