“A scene in the latest episode of HBO’s ‘True Blood’ took place at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, where a Senator Ted Cruz function was being held. The vampires who went made disparaging comments about the Republicans in attendance and then there was a gruesome bloodbath.

Cruz, not known for mincing words, shot back on social media several times, drawing a comparison between the undead and Democrats. On his Facebook page Cruz wrote:

Of all the places I never thought to be mentioned, HBO’s True Blood vampire show would have to be near the top of the list. Sunday night, they aired a misogynist and profanity-ridden episode where Texas Republicans are murdered attending a “Ted Cruz fundraiser.”

Well, I’m sorry to have lost the vampire vote, but am astonished (and amused) that HBO is suggesting that hard-core leftists are blood-sucking fiends….”

Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/07/22/ted-cruz-bites-back-at-true-blood/

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss the parody.