Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joked during a Monday rally about an exchange he once allegedly had with a CNN reporter about Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke and diversity.
While campaigning in Harlingen, Texas, Cruz claimed a CNN reporter once asked him if people should vote for O’Rourke “to have more diversity in the Senate.”
Cruz dusts off this line in Harlingen: I had a CNN reporter ask me, Do you think the people of Texas should vote for O’Rourke to have more diversity in the Senate? I said, What? Is there a shortage of Irishmen in the Senate?
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) October 29, 2018
“What? Is there a shortage of Irishmen in the Senate?” Cruz allegedly responded referencing his challenger. – READ MORE