The Houston Astros won the World Series again. This is, of course, a big deal in any town with a Major League team, and when it happens in the country’s fourth-largest city, it’s going to be a really big deal. Ted Cruz seems to think that he’s a big enough deal that when his hometown team wins the series, Ted Cruz should be in the parade.

He should have gone to Cancun. According to TMZ:

Things went from bad to worse for Ted Cruz during the parade … because after he had been booed and flipped off during the celebration — he was then pelted by a beer can.

Video from the parade route shows the empty drink made a beeline for his head … but, thankfully for the senator, it clanked off his outstretched arm and didn’t appear to do any damage to the 51-year-old.

Cruz was on a military jeep as part of the celebration for the best team in baseball … and cameras caught fans laying into him as his ride made its way through the streets.

And from the Houston Chronicle:

At Houston’s parade Monday celebrating the Astros World Series win, all fans were welcome—unless you’re Sen. Ted Cruz or Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, apparently.

Swarms of Houstonians descended downtown in honor of the Astros winning their second World Series championship in franchise history over the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday at Minute Maid Park.

In footage from the festivities, Cruz—who wore Astros colors—was shown waving at the crowd, smiling, and giving a thumbs up, despite fans giving him thumbs down and booing at him in return. Patrick, who floated by in a humvee before Cruz, was also the subject of jeers.

Ted Cruz pulled off what I thought was impossible- getting booed at a championship parade. pic.twitter.com/B4oVgP404Q

— Chancellor Johnson (@ChancellorTV) November 7, 2022

Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade pic.twitter.com/lRALgyXCe2

— Alien Truther Wildwest (@wcgroovy) November 7, 2022

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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman