Besides his appreciation for incest-themed adult content, Ted Cruz is known on Twitter for his tendency to exhibit awkward, phony machismo, and this week he lived up to that reputation by tweeting out an image of a turkey along with the words, “Come and take it,” presumably challenging those lily-livered libs to try to make off with his Thanksgiving dinner.

In this clip, John and Francesca discuss Cruz’s latest weird attempt at feigning overflowing masculinity, with John unequivocally stating that Ted Cruz is not a tough guy, never has been and never will be. In fact, John argues, he could march into Cruz’s house and take the turkey, the stuffing, the cranberry sauce and all the rest of it “like the Grinch,” and Ted Cruz wouldn’t do a single thing about it.

Francesca labels Cruz’s faltering attempts at channeling his inner Chuck Norris as “corny,” but then shifts the focus to questioning the judgment of a sitting United States Senator who would downplay the danger of large holiday gatherings in the middle of a raging pandemic, labeling Cruz’s behavior as “irresponsible” and “really upsetting because people are gonna die.”