Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke slammed law enforcement on Wednesday while attending a town hall at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, calling them “the new Jim Crow.”
[divider][/divider]A top White House official expressed concern behind close doors over the weekend that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) is too vulnerable for comfort and risks being unseated by Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
Mike Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told Republican Party donors at a closed-door meeting that the GOP is battling serious vulnerabilities ahead of the midterm elections, including widespread “hate” for President Donald Trump and the prospect that Cruz could lose for not being “likable” enough.
“There’s a very real possibility we will win a race for Senate in Florida and lose a race in Texas for Senate, OK? I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s a possibility. How likable is a candidate? That still counts,” Mulvaney said, according to the New York Times.
The Texas senator, who was campaigning in Houston on Saturday, dismissed Mulvaney and his comments.
“I don’t worry about what some political guy in Washington says. I worry about what the people of Texas say,” Cruz said. – READ MORE
[contentcards url=”https://www.dailywire.com/news/36091/watch-beto-orourke-attacks-police-makes-racially-ryan-saavedra” target=”_blank”]