Ted Cruz Gets Asked About Civility, Acts Very Uncivil
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“There is a loss of civility, there is an anger, there is a rage on the far left that is frightening,” said incumbent Texas Senator Ted Cruz in his final debate with Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, both competing in one of the tightest races in this year’s midterm elections, as Newsweek recapped. “The images of the left-wing mob beating on the doors of the Supreme Court—that’s not good for the country.”
Cruz had been asked about the lack of civility in politics, and he tried to take the high road by saying that he would only attack his opponent’s platforms, not their families or personal lives. “We can disagree while treating each other with respect, while treating each other with civility,” he said.
But over the course of the debates Tuesday night, his actions showed just how much he represents this ugly moment in U.S. politics. After all, Cruz has aligned himself with a president who in 2016 insulted his wife and baselessly accused his father of killing JFK, and in this election, has tried to win votes using O’Rourke’s denouncement of the Dallas police officer who killed 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own home.
In Beto O’Rourke’s own words #TXSenateDebatepic.twitter.com/uUzW7DSqgo