Ted Cruz whines about Disney together with ‘lesbian toys’ in new Lightyear movie

Texas senator Ted Cruz went on a weird rant ridiculing “woke” Disney for together with “lesbian toys” in its new Lightyear film.

The Republican took to his podcast the Verdict to debate the brand new Disney-Pixar film Lightyear. The movie is a spin-off of the beloved Toy Story franchise and incorporates a same-sex kiss between Commander Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) and her spouse.

Cruz decried “woke Disney” and talked about his earlier feedback during which he insisted the corporate would quickly present Mickey Mouse “going at it” with Pluto. He then whined about Disney’s steps in direction of broader LGBTQ+ inclusion in its movies earlier than ranting about Lightyear’s “lesbian toys”. 

“These lunatics, they wish to see Mickey and Pluto going at it and the press misplaced their thoughts,” Cruz mentioned. “After which what do they do? Growth! The subsequent film they arrive out, Buzz Lightyear. What do we want? We want lesbian toys.”

He continued: “Now, by no means thoughts that the final time I checked, most toys are kinda androgynous. They’re often with out genitalia…”

Ted Cruz famous that Lightyear has been banned in 14 international locations – together with Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Lebanon – over its inclusion of the same-sex kiss. The Texas Republican mentioned there’s a “vital dialogue” that Lightyear may not air in China due to the LGBTQ+ scene. 

“It’s a wild twist the place Hollywood has been prepared to grovel to China, to let China censor its motion pictures, to embrace anti-Americanism, to keep away from any criticism of China as a result of they wish to get entry to the Chinese language film market,” Cruz ranted. 

“However in relation to their tradition agenda, apparently now all of a sudden they’ve found, ‘Alright, surrender the cash as a result of lesbian toys are extra necessary’.”

Sen Ted Cruz complains about “lesbian toys” within the Buzz Lightyear film: “Most toys are, kinda, androgynous. They’re often with out genitalia” pic.twitter.com/IPeNrtL1G5

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Opposite to Cruz’s beliefs, the characters aren’t toys in Lightyear. Lightyear is the origin-myth story of the character that the Buzz Lightyear toy was primarily based on. 

It’s just like the way it was revealed in Toy Story 2 that Woody was as soon as the star of a western present known as “Woody’s Roundup” which additionally featured Jessie the Cowgirl, Bullseye and Smelly Pete. 

Disney beforehand reduce the same-sex kiss scene however restored it after backlash from LGBTQ+ workers and allies over the corporate’s stance on Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Homosexual’ invoice. The restoration additionally got here after LGBTQ+ Pixar workers claimed in a searing letter that Disney censored “almost each second of overtly homosexual affection” in its movies. 

Chris Evans, who’s the voice of Buzz Lightyear within the movie, mentioned that he’s “joyful” followers will have the ability to see the kiss however was a “little pissed off” that together with the “fantastic” scene was even a “subject of dialogue”. 

“The purpose is that we will get to a degree the place it’s the norm, and that this doesn’t must be some uncharted waters, that finally that is simply the best way it’s,” Evans mentioned. “That illustration throughout the board is how we make movies.”

Evans didn’t mince phrases in an interview with Reuters about his emotions for folks – like Ted Cruz – who react negatively to the LGBTQ+ themes in Lightyear. 

“The true reality is these individuals are idiots,” Evans mentioned. “Each time there’s been social development as we get up, the American story, the human story is one in every of fixed social awakening and progress and that’s what makes us good.”

He added that there might be people who find themselves “afraid and unaware and making an attempt to carry onto what was earlier than”. However he mentioned these folks will “die off like dinosaurs” so the “purpose” is to “pay them no thoughts, march ahead and embrace the expansion that makes us human”. 

Lightyear is presently out in cinemas.