Cruz calls Newsom ‘historically illiterate,’ posts clown emoji after governor fires back

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom on social media, posting a clown emoji after the Golden State governor claimed that the lawmaker from the Lone Star State had called him "illiterate."

Cruz had actually referred to Newsom as "historically illiterate." 

But Newsom, who is dyslexic, fired back, writing, "Ted Cruz calling a dyslexic person illiterate is a new low, even for him."

THE MOST UNUSUAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: NEWSOM IS DYSLEXIC, STRUGGLES WITH SPEECHES...