Ted Cruz: Master of Indignant Befuddlement!

Pictured: Not me, but his checking his
watch does convey my impatience.
Also, I don't own a suit. Or a watch.   

Usually when non-actor celebrities show up on television, they're, you know, terrible. I mean, acting is kind of hard, and it's an insult to actors to assume that just anyone can do it, but do you know who didn't suck in their guest role on--wait, hang on, do you watch Star Trek: Discovery? Because if you don't, then you probably won't care about this, but if you do, I don't want to spoil it. So like, get caught up. Go on, I'll wait. Well? Are you back yet? No? Ok, but remember, I've got things to do too. Still waiting...still waiting...ah! You're back. Super. 

Well? Not bad, right? Ok, but for real, last chance to not have me spoil the special guest star on the Discovery season four finalé...ok, so the President of 32nd century Earth shows up at the end and she's played by Stacey Abrams, can you believe it? 

Above: Captain Burnham and President Stacey Abrams looking
wistfully at the Earth--which she is President of. Like, the whole thing.

"Ow! My delicate privileged worldview!"

-Senator Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz couldn't believe it, taking to Twitter to express his indignant befuddlement: 

"what...the...HELL...is...this??

-Senator Ted Cruz, getting outraged over seeing  

a Black woman in power...on a TV show

And I mean, if we were to count the things that make Ted Cruz both indigent and befuddled, we'd be here until the 32nd century, so whatever. But a couple of things about that tweet. First, capitalize the "W" in "what." Also, two questions marks? Really? And another thing, Ted Cruz watches Star Trek: Discovery?

Wait...do they...do they think the
Ferengi are the heroes?

Star Trek has been, historically and with I think very few exceptions, politically left, and Discovery has been the most so. But all versions of Star Trek are set in a utopian, post-scarcity future where money doesn't exist, everyone's equal, and war, greed, and hatred have been eliminated. Which is the exact opposite of what the current Republican Party stands for, but for some reason Ted Cruz is suddenly all butt-hurt that Stacey Abrams is the President of a fictional society of space faring socialists? I don't want to gate keep here, but what's the appeal for right-wingers? 

"Well, the votes aren't all in yet, but unless the
Secretary of State objects...? No? Very well, I declare
declare myself the winner. Congratulations. To me."

-Governor Kemp, basically 

And look, while I don't think Abrams is going to win an Emmy for her appearance on the show, she did just fine and casting her as the President was brilliant. If you recall, she was robbed in the 2018 Gubernatorial race by now Governor Brian Kemp. Kemp, you might remember was, at the time, the Georgia Secretary of State meaning he was in fact overseeing the election he was running in. He refused to step down from his position despite the flagrant conflict of interests, and now he's the Governor of Georgia. 

Because I guess elections are only questionable when Democrats win. Anyway, Abrams got the role because she's someone who, instead of giving up after that infuriating nonsense, dedicated her career to voting rights advocacy, and her casting is a not-so-subtle suggestion that in the end, democracy wins. It just might take eleven hundred years...

Maybe they'll write him a part in Season five of Discovery. He can be the
Federation Ambassador from Texas IV who flees to Risa during a Borg invasion.