'Fans throw cans to people in championship parades all the time. That is a widely known thing. To get them to chug,' the fan said in a statement.
Cruz appeared on a float during the Astros' championship parade on Monday to celebrate the team's World Series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Video of the incident shows the beer flying toward Cruz and striking him in the neck and chest area, leading Arcidiacono to face charges.
The 33-year-old fan claimed in his statement that"what happened at the parade was not political violence nor 'aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.'" Ted Cruz poses at the SiriusXM Studios in New York City on October 24, 2022. The Texas senator recently had a beer thrown at him by a Houston Astros fan."Instead, this was an Astros fan trying to toss drinks from his cooler to the Senator during a championship parade and not realizing how it would be perceived until he saw security's reaction," he said.
"Fans throw cans to people in championship parades all the time. That is a widely known thing. To get them to chug." The statement further said that Arcidiacono texted one of his friends the previous night to say that it'd be his"dream" to toss a beer to one of the players, adding:"Doubt it would happen haha but that would be epic." He also mentioned that Astros pitcher Ryne Stanek caught and chugged a beer from another fan.Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade
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