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RandySF

(59,234 posts)
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 04:02 PM Sep 2018

TX-SEN: WH official says Ted Cruz may lose his US Senate seat because he's too 'unlikeable'

The Republican Party could face a devastating loss in Texas due to the fact that incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz is not likable, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in a closed-door New York City meeting, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Mulvaney, who also runs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, made the comments to GOP donors while speaking with Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel in New York City.

An audio recording of the event was provided to The Times and to The Washington Post.

“Do people like you?” Mulvaney asked. “It’s a really important question.”

“There’s a very real possibility we will win a race for Senate in Florida and lose a race in Texas for Senate, O.K.?” Mulvaney said.

“I don’t think it’s likely, but it’s a possibility. How likable is a candidate? That still counts,” he noted.

Sen. Cruz is being challenged by Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ted-cruz-may-lose-us-senate-seat-hes-unlikeable-warns-top-white-house-official/


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TX-SEN: WH official says Ted Cruz may lose his US Senate seat because he's too 'unlikeable' (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2018 OP
Cruz is nothing but a low down, disgusting weasel... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #1
When it comes to unlikeable people... blogslut Sep 2018 #2
Remember what Lindsey Graham said about Cruz... Historic NY Sep 2018 #3

SWBTATTReg

(22,166 posts)
1. Cruz is nothing but a low down, disgusting weasel...
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 04:20 PM
Sep 2018

I wouldn't be surprised if he (cruz) started accusing Mr. O’Rourke of crimes against humanity and other outlandish claims. Just wait, cruz will start getting desperate as the elections loom ever closer and closer.

cruz plays dirty w/ his facts and thinks he is god's gift to everyone (he's the expert man!). His personality is dirty inside and out, and one of the most unpopular politicians in Washington DC. This is why he hasn't really succeeded in spearheading any major legislation, no one wants to have anything to do w/ cruz.

Hopefully the good folks in TX will vote cruz out of office, and put in someone who will work w/ whomever to get good legislation passed.

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
3. Remember what Lindsey Graham said about Cruz...
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 05:35 PM
Sep 2018

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you,” Lindsey Graham said in 2016

[link:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-midterms-2018|]

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