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TexasTowelie

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Mon May 17, 2021, 11:18 PM May 2021

2nd District 6 Republican rejects Trump as a 'false prophet,' won't back Susan Wright

FORT WORTH -- Another Republican congressional candidate has denounced Donald Trump and says he will go to court to challenge Trump’s eligibility if he runs for re-election.

Mansfield tax lawyer John Anthony Castro, who ran fourth among Republicans May 1 in the U.S. House District 6 special election, said the party is led by a “false prophet” and that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot exposed his “constant false information.”

Castro, 37, is the second Republican candidate from the nationally watched District 6 election to denounce the former president.

Fort Worth Republican Michael Wood, a Marine veteran, gained national TV and news attention throughout the campaign for criticizing Trump, calling Trump’s recent behavior “appalling” and saying that Trump’s phony election conspiracy claims hurt the party, the nation and the rule of law.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-kennedy/article251270254.html

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2nd District 6 Republican rejects Trump as a 'false prophet,' won't back Susan Wright (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
Jan. 6 exposed Trump's constant lying? What sort of sleepwalker was John Castro the prior 5 years?... Journeyman May 2021 #1
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