First, all credit to Erick for coming up with the name of the night:
LION TED CRUZ.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 21, 2016
Sen. McCain’s daughter, whom Trump insulted:
Ted Cruz. Mic drop. Thank god someone still cares about the soul of the party of Lincoln and Reagan. ????????????????????????
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 21, 2016
And of course Thug Life Cruz got soundtracked
Thug Life #TedCruz pic.twitter.com/2Ez0zYKZUH
— Anthony (@greenphlem) July 21, 2016
And Cruz thug memes were everywhere:
@tedcruz @SenTedCruz is a part of that thug life. #thuglife pic.twitter.com/ke7KcVdKOf
— Somegirlnamedcreshie (@Creshie) July 21, 2016
“LION TED CRUZ”: Twitter reacts to Cruz’s dramatic RNC non-endorsement of Trump https://t.co/VGgXcZkClr
— Salon (@Salon) July 21, 2016
in general, there was nothing but praise from anybody not in the tank for Trump or a Russian troll farm account:
My best friend, who is a political science professor & longtime Democrat texted me this morning: "@tedcruz is my new hero." #Unity #Freedom
— Dustin Turner (@dmturner1232) July 21, 2016
@CantStumpTrump1 I think trump got stumped by Ted Cruz, imagine how Putin will spin him
— mad mad world (@RobertJagdeo) July 21, 2016
Update: Cersei Lannister’s “I choose violence” was updated to “I choose Ted” and had been trending for three hours up to Thursday lunchtime. It fits the title of a brilliant piece by Jonah Goldberg in National Review, ‘I choose Ted’ – over Trump.
The sigil of House Lannister is, of, course, a lion. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Ted Cruz just Cersei-ed the absolute shit out of Donald. Still waiting on that trial by combat though…
— Wilson Bethel (@WilsonBethel) July 21, 2016
Ted Cruz went full Cersei Lannister on the #GOPConvention pic.twitter.com/tippMkDNs4
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) July 21, 2016
I choose Ted.https://t.co/FOxMr8Bi5e
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 21, 2016
This, this, a thousand times this from @JonahNRO https://t.co/hSgLaY7fmB
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 21, 2016
Note to #Trump "I Choose Ted" is WINNING https://t.co/LD1iqcQsBn
— Lisa Manning (@alisseytwit) July 21, 2016
wowowow https://t.co/H4O6jPhEo5 pic.twitter.com/F2iKXBt00M
— meredith loken (@mml612) July 21, 2016
I choose Ted. I want to be free. https://t.co/mc8cxsNp41
— Mike Wilson (@mustangmike53) July 21, 2016
