Check it out: Ted Cruz, the Republican Party's tattooed bad boy

Who knew Ted Cruz could get inked up and was buff to boot?

Well, not exactly. But posters of the Texas senator  -- looking every bit the tattooed bad boy of the Republican Party  -- were spotted in Los Angeles last week. One such poster was labeled: "Ted Cruz's So-Cal Blacklisted & Loving it Tour," according to Breitbart News. The black and white posters appeared near such hip and trendy clubs as the Viper Room and the Whiskey-a-Go-Go.

Now, Cruz was indeed in Los Angeles on Saturday to pick up  the Claremont Institute's Statesmanship Award and speak at the conservative group's annual dinner honoring Winston Churchill. But the Texan seemed pretty pleased with the creative photoshopping on the poster and had some fun with a post on Twitter.