Inconceivable! «Princess Bride Fan Ted Cruz Criticizes Cast Support for Dems

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, shown here on Capitol Hill in June, is known to be a superfan of the movie «The Princess Bride.

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Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Carol Kane, and Billy Crystal attend the 25th anniversary screening & cast reunion of «The Princess Bride in New York City in 2012. Several cast members are reuniting for a virtual fundraiser on Sept. 13 to support Wisconsin Democrats.

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He’s particularly fond of «The Princess Bride, and once drew criticism from Patinkin after publicly quoting Patinkin’s character in the film, Inigo Montoya, a swordsman bent on avenging his father’s death.

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In 2015, while Cruz was running for the Republican presidential nomination, Patinkin told The New York Times, «This man is not putting forth ideas that are at the heart of what that movie is all about. I would love for Senator Cruz, and everyone creating fear-mongering and hatred, to consider creating hope, optimism and love.

In an email to the newspaper, Cruz’s then-campaign spokeswoman said, «Having some fun with a cult classic like ‘The Princess Bride’ should be something we can all get behind, politics aside.

But five years later, it seems even harder to put politics aside, in a country facing deep and growing polarization.