Sen. Ted Cruz came to the defense of toy-making giant Hasbro on Thursday after the company came under fire over a 'Monopoly Socialism' game that takes as its slogan the phrase 'Winning is for capitalists.'
Sen. Ted Cruz came to the defense of toy-making giant Hasbro on Thursday after the company came under fire over a "Monopoly Socialism" game.
The tweets came after Nick Kapur, a history professor and author of a book about postwar Japan, sparked a backlash by posting a detailed thread which labeled the board game "mean-spirited and woefully ill-informed."on Thursday after the company came under fire over a "Monopoly Socialism" game that takes as its slogan the phrase "Winning is for capitalists."
Cruz proposed other parodies, such as a "Venezuela edition," a "Russia/USSR edition" and an "East Germany edition."
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