# 83-year-old Attempts Citizen Arrest of Ted Cruz for Being an Arrogant Prick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693 "2014-11-26T17:10:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693/21 "2014-11-29T04:37:13Z")

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If a similar octogenarian did the same on Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson would they be deemed a racist?

At least Cruz is an elected official.

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**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693/22 "2014-11-29T05:10:39Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Well, he _is_ Canadian…

Not any more thankfully, he renounced his Canadian citizenship legally.

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**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693/23 "2014-11-29T05:12:40Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Well, he _is_ Canadian…

Not any more thankfully, he renounced his Canadian citizenship legally.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693/24 "2014-11-29T06:09:25Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Is this a known spoof site? Because I totally bought it.

We’ll know for sure that it’s a spoof site when the state-run news media in Russia and North Korea pick it up and run with it.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/83-year-old-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/705693/25 "2014-11-30T01:20:19Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> [83-year-old Attempts Citizen Arrest of Ted Cruz for Being an Arrogant Prick](http://thelapine.ca/grandmother-attempts-citizen-arrest-of-ted-cruz-for-being-an-arrogant-prick/)
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> Alas, it’s not illegal to be an arrogant prick.

If it was, then Stanley would have to turn around right afterward and attempt a self arrest.

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