Epic fail: Cruz brings kids' books to the Senate. Again.

From CNN -

What the children's books Ted Cruz referenced at Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing really say

Ted Cruz thrust several books into the spotlight after his puzzling line of questioning at Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

In a hearing ostensibly meant to assess whether Jackson is qualified to serve on the highest court in the land, the Republican senator brought up critical race theory -- an academic concept taught primarily at the university and graduate levels that has since turned into a political flashpoint -- in K-12 schools.

As part of his questioning, Cruz presented a handful of books that he claimed were taught at Georgetown Day School -- an elite, private school in Washington, DC whose board Jackson serves on. Among the titles he mentioned were "Critical Race Theory: An Introduction" by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic; "The End of Policing" by Alex S. Vitale and "How to be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi.

Cruz focused the bulk of his questions, however, on two children's books -- "Antiracist Baby" and "Stamped (For Kids)." And his characterizations of those titles were largely distorted.

Of course, he *does* have something of a track record.

From The Daily Beast in 2013 -

Ted Cruz Recites 'Green Eggs and Ham'

Around 8 p.m. EST, Ted Cruz’s fauxlibuster took an odd turn when he decided it would be appropriate to read his daughters a bedtime story. The Texas senator began to recite Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham on the Senate floor, with dramatic pause and all. “Green Eggs and Ham has some applicability, as curious as it may sound, to the Obamcare debate,” Cruz said once he had finished. Americans “did not like green eggs and ham, and they did not like Obamacare either.” Watch Cruz’s entire rendition here.

There was one major difference - in 2013, when Cruz read Green Eggs and Ham, he didn't have a beard.

And he did a really good impression of a putz.

pic courtesy The Daily Beast

Now, he has a beard, so when he reads from a children's book, he does a good impression...of a putz with a beard.

pic courtesy CNN

There's no word on if he brought the books to Montana with him, or if he brought one (Green Eggs and Ham?) to Cancun.