‘Cursed’ Ted Cruz Blamed As Yet Another Sports Appearance Goes Badly Wrong
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Fans are calling out the Texas senator for jinxing a team. Again.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) 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.
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