Ted Cruz Shows Off His New Winston Churchill Tattoo (VIDEO)

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Ted Cruz got some ink done.

Appearing on “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday, April Fools’ Day, the junior senator from Texas showed off a new tattoo of famed British prime minister Winston Churchill sporting a hat and a cigar.

“I’m proud to stand with Winston Churchill. I’m proud to stand, and I’ve got to say my wife was fairly astonished,” he said.

“You have a tattoo of Winston Churchill? I can smell the cigar from here!” remarked host Steve Doocy.

“If you look at the calendar, it might suggest something about what you’re seeing,” Cruz responded, hinting at April Fools’.

In early March, Cruz was awarded the Claremont Institute’s Winston Churchill award for statesmanship, where he attempted this bold Churchill impersonation:

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