Ted Cruz confuses Washington state with Western Australia in attack on Covid ‘kill-joys’
by Martin Farrer from US news | The Guardian on (#5TGS2)
The US Republican mistook a Facebook post by the Australian state on New Year's Eve party restrictions for an edict by the Democrat-run state
US senator Ted Cruz has been ridiculed for posting a tweet in which he mixed up the American state of Washington with Western Australia while criticising Covid restrictions.
The Republican politician - who tried to win the party's presidential nomination in 2016 - retweeted a post by the government of Western Australia, whose handle is WA Government - that appeared to advise a woman that dancing would not permitted at a New Year's Eve party at her home.
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