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TexasTowelie

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Thu Jul 19, 2018, 07:54 AM Jul 2018

After O'Rourke Talks Impeachment, Ted Cruz Hits Back

President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Helsinki summit on Monday have left Texans and others across the U.S. talking. Some have characterized the remarks as treasonous, though the president has tried to explain away his words as a misstatement.

Many Republicans here in Texas and elsewhere remain silent on the topic of the president’s comments doubting Russian interference in the 2016 election.

But in the race for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Ted Cruz, the affair seems to have sparked new confidence from his challenger, Democrat Beto O’Rourke.

The Houston Chronicle’s Kevin Diaz picked up on the sparks at an event on Tuesday, where O’Rourke and his friend, Republican Congressman Will Hurd were being honored for bipartisan civility.

Read more: http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/after-orourke-talks-impeachment-ted-cruz-hits-back/

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After O'Rourke Talks Impeachment, Ted Cruz Hits Back (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP
By those many republicans remaining silent about the "summit" meeting, joshdawg Jul 2018 #1

joshdawg

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1. By those many republicans remaining silent about the "summit" meeting,
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 09:10 AM
Jul 2018

they are giving tacit approval of trump's treachery.
They are all complicit in his acts of treason.

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