Texans clap back after Dem governor calls Houston 'butt ugly'

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and other Texans were quick to strike back on Wednesday after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, insulted the Lone Star State's largest city.

Lamont had been in Houston for the men's college basketball Final Four, where the University of Connecticut won the national championship earlier this week.

While the governor celebrated the team's victory, he apparently wasn't a fan of the city where the victory took place. Appearing on WPLR-FM's "Chaz & AJ in the Morning" radio show on Wednesday, Lamont was asked to describe the scene after UConn's win over San Diego State two days earlier. Lamont began by commenting on the city of Houston.

"After winning the semifinal, you walk around downtown Houston, which is butt ugly, not much there," Lamont said before the hosts interjected.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont shown in this file photo in his Hartford office (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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"You know that's going to be tweeted," one of the hosts said while laughing. "Get ready to hear from Houston. Houston, we have a problem."

Lamont then finished his thought. "Except for the UConn fans," he said. "Everywhere you'd hear bouncing off of those big, empty walls, 'Let's go UConn, UConn Huskies.'"

As the radio host predicted, Houston responded to Lamont's insult.

"We are disappointed Governor @GovNedLamont of Connecticut made such classless comments about @HoustonTX," tweeted the office of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a fellow Democrat. "We are a great city that hosted a fantastic