The Brief: Top Texas News for June 5, 2012
The Big Conversation:
Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst have agreed to debate before the July runoff, but there's an unexpected sticking point: the English language.
After Cruz challenged Dewhurst in his election night speech to five debates before the July 31 runoff, both candidates confirmed Monday that they would participate in two televised forums.
But another proposition, apparently floated by Univision, also surfaced Monday: a debate in Spanish — a language that Dewhurst, who served as a CIA officer in South America in the 1970s, speaks fluently but that Cruz does not.
Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant, told ...

Comments (10)
Amber Suka via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'd say that takes courage. Oh! That's right, Dewhurst has none... That died out with his Dad's generation.
Tommy Ashley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Senor Dewhurst makes my knuckles itch...
Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Dewherst, puro pend$%das de su parte. Haz lo en ingles!
Delma Catalina via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Esta pendej@
Wilkins Micawber
For all of the relevance these two crackers have to most citizens of this state, they should hold their debates in Klaatooinian.
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
los dos son 'clones' de Ricardo Perry!
Richard Corbell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ich spreche kein Englisch
Alma Rosa Vera via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You can say it in English or Spanish, it really doesn't matter. In the end, they are both puppets to Rick Perry!! No to both!!
Martha Dunkelberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Paul Sadler!
Liz Theiss
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