This might be one of the best Twitter exchanges in a long time. Deadspin, the left leaning sports website, formerly owned by the same publisher as Gawker and now owned by Univision, sent out a link to a story asking for a picture of Ted Cruz playing basketball.

Send us proof of Ted Cruz playing basketball https://t.co/MgGLnsscPf pic.twitter.com/mpxI5EBQkK

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 23, 2017

Imagine Deadspin’s surprise when Ted Cruz replied with a picture of Grayson Allen, Duke Basketball player and Ted Cruz look alike.

what do I win? pic.twitter.com/9XuRmmIkJS

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017

As Twitter was delighting in Cruz’s response, whoever runs the Deadspin twitter account was not amused. They sent out a tweet that showed a real lack of sportsmanship from the site.

Go eat shit.

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 25, 2017

Ted Cruz however didn’t lose his sense of humor. He beat them at their own game with this hysterical tweet.

pic.twitter.com/TMiDBco2TB

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 25, 2017

Kudos to Ted Cruz. I didn’t even know he could be funny. Shame on Deadspin for being such poor sports.

#ImTakingOverTwitterBecause I already own #Deadspin. pic.twitter.com/4gA2iQVMbM

— Work-At-Home Head (@BigHeadBS) January 25, 2017

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Editor’s Note: By the way, about the author of that blog post:

Timely reminder about Ashley Feinberg: https://t.co/XmlHIl3i8O

— Sarah Quinlan (@sarahmquinlan) January 25, 2017

Yeah. Gawker refugees on Gizmodo and Deadspin are easy to spot. They don’t know anything about gizmos or sports. – Caleb