Sen. Ted Cruz
‘Holy Crap,’ Shark Swims L.A. Streets
… Falls For Hurricane Hoax
Sen. Ted Cruz fell victim to a seemingly obvious social media hoax during Hurricane Hilary … because he truly believed there was a shark swimming through Los Angeles’ flooded streets.
The U.S. Senator from Texas quote tweeted an image of a shark cruising through what seemed like a flooded L.A. freeway, and added his own technical assessment … “Holy crap.”
Well, good ol’ Ted took the bait, hook, line, and sinker … he’d reposted a Tweet from Barstool’s Dan Katz, who claimed the shark photo was taken by a friend of his driving along L.A.’s 405 freeway.
Problem is … the image is actually edited, and it’s popped up a bunch over the past decade, usually when hurricanes hit the U.S. — with the initial posting coming back in 2011 when Hurricane Irene s
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