Ted Cruz apologizes for telling Biden joke
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a GOP presidential candidate, quickly apologized Wednesday night after cracking a joke he's used before about Vice President Biden, whose son Beau died on Saturday.
Speaking in Howell, Mich., Cruz mentioned Biden's name to a GOP group, then, according to a reporter from The Detroit News, said: "You know the nice thing? You don't need a punch line."
Cruz has delivered the line at Biden's expense in the past, but the timing of Wednesday's remark, coming just days after Beau Biden's death after a battle with brain cancer, sparked immediate criticism on social media.
Cruz apologized in a Facebook post after the event, saying "It was a mistake to use an old joke about Joe Biden during his time of grief, and I sincerely apologize."
A funeral Mass for Beau Biden is scheduled this Saturdayin Wilmington, Del.