Ted Cruz is selling signed copies of Dr. Seuss’ classic Green Eggs and Ham for $60 a pop.
Now, we know what you’re probably thinking. $60 for an autographed copy of one of Dr. Seuss’ most famous books? What a deal! Especially when signed first editions are currently going for $6,000 on Ebay.
But these books aren’t actually signed by the author. They’re signed by Ted Cruz.
The antigay senator from Texas is defiling the pages of someone else’s book with his own signature in an effort to troll liberals.
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“Lefties are losing their minds that I’m signing & sending copies of Green Eggs and Ham to anyone who donates $60 or more,” he tweeted on Friday. “We’ve raised $125k in just 24 hours!”
(For the record: No “lefties” are “losing their minds” over this.)
Lefties are losing their minds that I’m signing & sending copies of Green Eggs and Ham to anyone who donates $60 or more.
We’ve raised $125k in just 24 hours! (Probably helped by their hand-wringing.)
Get yours here: https://t.co/jxNthUNoqs https://t.co/brOLTMEW3T
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 12, 2021
A blurb on Cruz’s donation page reads: “Stand with Ted & Dr. Seuss against the cancel culture mob to claim your signed copy of Green Eggs and Ham.”
Cruz is selling 2,000 signed books, which are expected to take between six and eight weeks to arrive.
Earlier this month, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it would no longer publish six of his books after determining they contain racist and offensive imagery. The decision was made by the author’s estate and not “lefties” or the “cancel culture mob.”
Green Eggs and Ham was not among those that would be pulled from publication.
After the announcement, Cruz and others rushed to the defense of Dr. Seuss, who they said was a victim to “cancel culture,” and causing several titles by the beloved author to skyrocket on Amazon’s bestseller charts, although none of the top sellers were among those no longer being published.
But, sure, Ted. The “lefties” are the crazy ones.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Mister P
Cruz doesn’t mind taking credit for the racist tropes in the books. He can’t get elected without the racists on his side.
dhmonarch89
sadly, 60% of Texas doesn’t care how racist he is…and those 60% seem to always vote.
gevorg
Invitation to a sex club – xmeet.fun
dhmonarch89
he’s a terrorist- because he’s not in prison, THAT’S what’s making me lose my mind.
BaltoSteve
He has to say that Lefties are losing their minds. His Faustian Agreement has that as one of its clauses. And if some folks want to pay him $60.00 for his signature, there is a reason why the phrase “A fool and his money are soon parted” exists.
Cam
Will be interesting to see if the Dr. Seuss organization goes after him for selling books he doesn’t own the rights to.
Mehki
(((Yawn))) I’m feeling so owned right now.
trell
If morons want to throw bad money at Cruz, Trump, any Evangelist, any other stupid organisation, then let them. Cruz will be turning tricks for all his republican ‘friends’ pretty soon when this cash cow goes dry.
strap2900
Exactly, if people want to give this POS money, it’s their business. There’s a sucker born every minute.
SaintRock
LOL see Dr. Seuss in not banned ….. talk to the Seuss Estate they handle books … laugh at fools giving money away to prove a senseless point. This world has gone nuts with the crazed Trump contamination …. I honestly do not know how these conservatives that are really reactionary fools, and are nothing like a Conservative in the classic sense. They are a cult of know nothings appealing to the worst of human instincts and prejudices.
Mr. Stadnick
Ted Cruz is an ass.
cuteguy
It’s for his Cancun trip fund.
rickmann
NP..CRUZ supporters havent read a book in decades