Cruz Hammers O’Rourke Over Gun Control, Forces Him To Claim To Support 2A

By Tom Knighton

The race for the Senate taking place in Texas is one of the most interesting in the country. On one hand, we have Ted Cruz, a candidate for president who many figured had a legitimate shot at winning the GOP primary, now in a tough race to hold onto his Senate seat. On the other, we have a far-left progressive in a state that’s among the reddest of the red, and if one believes the primetime pundits, he also has a real shot at winning.

Friday night, the two went head to head in a debate that had Cruz hammer his opponent over gun control, an issue unlikely to play well in Texas.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz got his Democratic opponent to claim multiple times during Friday’s Texas senatorial debate that he supports an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, despite promoting stricter gun control policies.

During a heated exchange regarding the nomination of judges to the Supreme Court, Cruz asserted Democratic Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke wants to elect “liberal judicial activists on the court” — a claim O’Rourke did not dispute.

“The justices that Congressman O’Rourke would insist upon, like Hillary Clinton, are justices who would undermine and effectively …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms