Cruz, Patrick Have Heated Debate on Dewhurst's Record
Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, had a volatile exchange Thursday on Patrick’s Houston-based radio show in which Patrick accused Cruz of lying and running an overly negative campaign.
Cruz, in turn, accused Patrick of actively working for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s election in the U.S. Senate race but refusing to be upfront with Texans about it.
Near the start of the tense half-hour interview, Patrick accused Cruz of distorting the facts by blaming Dewhurst for the failure of some conservative bills in the Legislature.
Regarding a bill that would have ...
Comments (6)
Justin Mills via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good for Cruz. I'm glad he called Patrick out for being a fool for the establishment Republicans.
Samdavis
A TEA Partier and a conservative talk show host talking about honesty? Which is the pot and which is the kettle?
Rudy Gonzales
What has happened is too many politicians have been running with a (R), when in reality they are (T)'s. TEA-Republican's criticizes the Fair Housing Act, The Civil Rights act of 1964, specifically title II of the act prohibiting business from discriminating on the basis of race, religion or national origin. Rand, and his father Ron Paul, are adamant about their taking over the Republican party when they released this statement in Texas: “The revolution is working, we have infiltrated the Republican Party, and we will convert the Republican Party to defenders of liberty.”
Are we witnessing the breakup of the TEA-Republican marriage which placed numerous fringe players onto the national stage? Rick Perry, the "Streaking Texas Turkey" "Flamed out" over "Oopsville" giving the nation one sickening example of Texas and Texas Legislature shenanigans.
Bigotry, discrimination and prejudice are alive and well in America! Every effort to oust the fringe elements of the TEA-Republican's who will not converse or compromise must be made. The TEA party has more clout now than ever, because they are running with the (R) behind their name and not the (T) it should be. They have cowed down the local and control local level politics where the real power lies and where they can control the monies, power, infrastructure demands and local dissemination of federal funding. All power is at the local level, and their strength locally can be seen across the nation. Even states have been taken over by the confrontational Treacherous Egotistical Activist(TEA) party.
Tommy Ashley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Dew drop makes my knuckles itch
gypsy314 ne
Cruz is true Dew is done
Weben Had
I thought Dan P. wasn't part of the establishment! Sorry, my bad! See ya Danno!