Carrey referred to the students as "baby snakes" in a tweet publishing his painting to his 18.2 million followers.
"Just sad," said Cruz in his response. "Rich & powerful celebrity uses his fame to pick on teenagers."
"So much partisan hate," he added, "he doesn't care that the full video showed these high school students as victims of harassment, not the other way around."
Since the original video went viral, more facts have been revealed about the altercation, and the accuser, Nathan Phillips. The controversy has become a flashpoint between those wanting to criticize the president and his supporters, and those accusing the media of left-wing bias.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated that the president might invite the students to the White House as a show of support, but if they did the visit would happen after the partial government shutdown was over.
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