Texas Dems Launch "Truth Team"; GOP Calls Them Copycats

Texas Democrats said Wednesday that they aren't just going to lie down and take Republicans' criticism of President Obama. They have created a "Texas Truth Team" to set the record straight, they said. It's one of 50 such teams around the country.

“We’re making sure that while the Republican attack machine is operating on full throttle that we not allow the lies and distortions and mischaracterizations to go unchallenged,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said at a press conference. 

The Texas Truth Team includes state Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice ...

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