Ted Cruz inadvertently took the internet by storm during Thursday night’s Fox News GOP debate, when he appeared to eat a small object off of his lip.
The Texas senator was talking about Donald Trump supporters about 25 minutes into the 8 p.m. debate, when the mysterious white object first appeared on his top lip. In the high-drama television that ensued, it was passed back and forth between his upper and lower lip for the next few moments.
Just after mentioning Trump supporters being “angry at Washington” and his rival candidate’s “angry rhetoric,” Cruz closed his lips around the crumb.
A well-timed rhetorical pause followed as the particle embarked on the digestive journey.
As it tends to do, the internet exploded with speculation that the presidential hopeful, who locked up a key Super Tuesday win in his home state, had just eaten a “booger” off his lip on national television.
Did Ted Cruz just eat a tic-tac or a booger?
— Black Spinach (@black_spinach) March 4, 2016
Anyone else notice Ted Cruz just swallowed a booger? #GOPDebate
— Mala (@MalaBB) March 4, 2016
May be seeing things tonight. But...did Ted Cruz just have a white booger go from top lip, to bottom lip and then he ate it? #FOXDebate
— Chad Berglund (@chadb035) March 4, 2016
The booger on Ted Cruz's lip had a short lifespan
— Frank Nuchereno (@franknuch17) March 4, 2016
Did @tedcruz just eat a booger? @realDonaldTrump @marcorubio #GOPDebate #2016vote #GOP #booger pic.twitter.com/SN3wdnu5J9
— Blake Williams (@blakelwilliams) March 4, 2016
I think all of us were concerned about the booger on @tedcruz's upper lip. #GOPdebate #republicandebate pic.twitter.com/GMuXcDbcHK
— Hakan Topal (@hakan_nyc) March 4, 2016
Am I the only person on twitter mean enough to comment on #TedCruz eating that big ole booger off of his lip?#GOPDebate
— Linda Suhler, Ph.D. (@LindaSuhler) March 4, 2016
No, Linda. No, you clearly aren't.
For the record, from my point of view, the crumb looked like it came from Cruz's mouth. It doesn't mean it's any less gross (or funny), but we can hold out hope he didn't actually consume a booger on national television.
