Allan Brauer, the elected communications chair of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County, California, is not a fan of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). When speechwriter and advisor to Cruz, Amanda Carpenter, took to Twitter to rally Republicans in the Senate to support a bill which would defund the Affordable Care Act, Brauer expressed his frustration with this sentiment in no uncertain terms. “May your children all die from debilitating, painful and incurable diseases,” Brauer wrote. This sentiment ignited a firestorm on Twitter and many attacked Brauer for the inappropriateness of his comment.