The Ted Cruz thing falls in the ideal quadrant of the Scandal Matrix, where the stakes are relatively low and the specifics are more farcical than sickening (aka the Louise Linton Zone) so people feel free to dunk with glee. 
Examples of the others:
- Top left (Darkest Quadrant): Family separation at the border.
- Bottom left (Caught With Your Pants Down Quadrant): Consenting extramarital affairs.
- Top right (The Fajitagate Quadrant): Incompetent crooks in the Watergate.
- Top left (Darkest Quadrant): Family separation at the border.
- Bottom left (Caught With Your Pants Down Quadrant): Consenting extramarital affairs.
- Top right (The Fajitagate Quadrant): Incompetent crooks in the Watergate.
If you don't know Fajitagate, it was a massive scandal that basically brought down the San Francisco Police Department in the early 2000s after some off duty cops tried to steal a guy's bag of fajitas.
This goes in the upper left quadrant of the Scandal Matrix
https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/1362582416620212230
BTW, if you're trying to name a scandal, I'd refer you to my Unified Theory of Scandal Naming about the difference between -gates and -ghazis. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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