Alyssa Milano excluded Sen. Ted Cruz from a virtual group hug. On Tuesday, the politically active actress tweeted, Group hug. Get in to her more than 3 million followers after Jon Ossoff lost the special Congressional election in Georgia to his Republican challenger Karen Handel. Then on Thursday, as senate Republicans introduced their new healthcare bill, with which Cruz has taken some issue, he retweeted Milano with the message, We all need a hug, along with a winking emoji.