Ted Cruz White Claw incident decision revealed

After the Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series, the city of Houston gathered for a parade that turned into a raucous affair. Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who is noteworthy for many wrong reasons, attended the parade. He already made a public appearance during the MLB postseason and it didn’t go well for him. Cruz was not given a very warm welcome by the Astro fans in attendance at the parade either.

Things took a turn when someone threw a beer can at Cruz and it came close to pelting him in the head.

 

33-year-old Joseph Halm Arcidiacono was arrested for the crime, later telling police that “I know, I’m an idiot. I’m sorry,” according to The Independent.

Turns out, Arcidiacono was chucking White Claws at the sitting U.S. Senator, as a point of clarification. And according to his attorney, he was throwing cans of liquor at Cruz because he wanted him to chug, not because he was trying to hurt him.

“As always I’m thankful for the Houston Police and Capitol Police for their quick action,” Cruz wrote on Twitter after the incident. “I’m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm.”

Apparently, that story stuck because earlier this week a grand just failed to indict him. And as such, the charges have been dropped.

“We have seen various videos and understand why Senator Cruz’s security detail was alert for potential violence,” the attorney wrote. “Instead, this was an Astros fan trying to toss drinks from his cooler to the Senator during a championship parade and not realizing how it would be perceived until he saw security’s reaction. The night before the parade, Joey texted a friend, ‘My dream would be to throw one of the players a beer. Doubt it would happen haha but that would be epic.’”