Republican Ted Cruz vs. 'True Blood': Senator Takes To Twitter, Facebook Over Mention In HBO Vampire Show

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to Twitter and Facebook to smack down HBO hit series True Blood, after a fictional fundraiser honoring him ended in a bloodbath. 

Cruz called the episode - currently in its seventh and final season - "misogynist" and "profanity-ridden." He said on Facebook Tuesday, "Of all the places I never thought to be mentioned, HBO's True Blood vampire show would have to be near the top of the list. Sunday night, they aired a misogynist and profanity-ridden episode where Texas Republicans are murdered attending a 'Ted Cruz' fundraiser." He continued, "Well, I'm sorry to have lost the vampire vote, but am astonished (and amused) that HBO is suggesting that hard-core leftists are blood-sucking fiends..."

Cruz then took to Twitter and said, "Then again, I guess I never had a chance w/ the vampire vote since the dead tend to vote overwhelmingly for Dems."

In the episode, vampires Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) and progeny Pamela De Beaufort (Kristin Bauer van Straten) go undercover at a fundraiser honoring the freshman senator at the George W. Bush Presidential Library. 

As they walk into the gala, De Beaufort says, "Of all the horrible things I've seen in the past 100 years, this is going to the most disturbing."

The sequence ends in usual True Blood fashion - a slaughter at the hands of vampires and the Yakuza.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin also chimed in on Breitbart News, claiming she had a chance to be on the show, but turned it down and in light of this controversy, is glad she did. 

"To producers who throw these deceitfully 'flattering' bones that sound fun on the surface, is it really any wonder I don't accept your offers to participate in your shows? Nice try HBO. I'd put any mama grizzly in America against a vampire any day; for only one of them actually exists."

via MySanAntonio.com