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Texas' junior senator started the year on a low note, and it's only been downhill from there.

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While our annual reader poll was the most-visited content on our site, a story about people ridiculing Ted Cruz wasn't that far behind.

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Twitter users called out Cruz for his apparently insatiable appetite for kissing Donald Trump's ass.

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Patrick has also championed other anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, including his failed 2017 bathroom bill.

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