Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If most people thought of which performer best represents pure, satanic evil in music, Pat Benatar would not be their first go-to.
But Sen. Ted Cruz is not most people, as he demonstrated Thursday with a mention of Benatar that seemed intended to cast the well-liked, seemingly benign Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as an emblem of Satan.
Appearing on Joe Pagliarulo’s conservative talk show, Cruz was asked if he thought there was any possibility that President Joe Biden could be both impeached and convicted by a supermajority in the Senate, a fantasy scenario openly hoped for by some on the far right.
Expressing the unlikeliness of that, Cruz replied, “I don’t think Senate Democrats, if you had video of Joe Biden murdering children dressed as the devil under a full moon while singing Pat Benatar, they still wouldn’t vote to convict.” “That’s nuts,” replied a laughing Pagliarulo — apparently in reference to Democrats not thirsting to impeach Biden, not to Cruz conjuring the vision of a satanic karaoke rendition of “Love Is a Battlefield.” The quote immediately had music fans and political observers mocking Cruz for pulling the most incongruous name possible out of the air to invoke the forces of Lucifer. “Obviously, the funniest part is that, in a spontaneous moment, the most sinister and satanic rock & roller Ted Cruz could think of was Pat Benatar,” wrote CNN commentator Jay Michaelson.Ted Cruz: “I don’t think Senate Democrats, if you had video of Joe Biden murdering children dressed as the devil under a full moon while singing Pat Benatar, they still wouldn’t vote to convict.” pic.twitter.com/ysYei6Rr3E Others noted that it seemed more like a prepared remark than a
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