Ted Cruz Tried To Troll Kamala Harris By Tweeting 'Montreal Is Going To Invade'

The Calgary-born U.S. senator tried to poke fun at the former Montrealer.
Staff Writer

Montreal came up in a Ted Cruz tweet on Friday afternoon after the Calgary-born Texas senator attempted to troll Vice President Kamala Harris by retweeting a Sean Hannity article with the caption "Montreal is going to invade." 

The tweet was in reference to an article on Sean Hannity's site entitled "'Immigration Czar' Kamala Harris Finally Visits a Border State… New Hampshire."

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Vice President Harris spent much of her formative years in Montreal, attending Westmount High while her mother worked at McGill Univesity and Jewish General Hospital.

Harris was recently appointed in a new immigration role for the White House.

Though Cruz's tweet begs the question, could a bunch of motivated Montrealers actually invade the United States?

  • Teddy Elliot
  • Teddy Elliot was a Staff Writer for MTL Blog. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and has a B.A. in Literature. Teddy has been a journalist for three years and was once an English teacher. His creative work has appeared in The Blasted Tree and Parenthetical Magazine. When he's not chasing scoops, Teddy can be found cheering on Aston Villa and listening to 80s power ballads. He was shortlisted for a Digital Publishing Award in 2021.

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