Ted Cruz rickrolls Donald Trump on April Fools' Day
Businessman Donald Trump has finally accepted rival presidential hopeful Ted Cruz's invitation to have a one-on-one debate.
April Fools!
Cruz — who has been trying to get Trump to debate him as the two battle it out for the Republican nomination — tweeted the fake news Friday morning.
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His tweet linked to a YouTube video titled "Donald Trump Accepts Cruz's Debate Invitation" — which ended up being a cruel Rickroll for Trump and the rest of the Twitter users who fell for the gambit.
After a few clips of Cruz demanding a debate, and Trump saying he has no intention to participate in any more debates, the video then begins to play one-hit-wonder Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."
Trump — who backed out of a previously scheduled GOP debate in March — has yet to respond to the prank.
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Emily Cahn is a political reporter at Mashable. Prior to Mashable, Cahn spent nearly four years at Roll Call, where she covered House and Senate races and congressional shenanigans. She has also been a copy editor at The Washington Post, and interned at The Hill, the Houston Chronicle and CBS News when she was a student at The George Washington University. Aside from being a political junkie, Cahn loves dogs and experimenting with cooking. Follow her on Twitter @CahnEmily, where she posts pictures of her family's two misbehaved poodles.
