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Hazmat Team Sent to Cruz Campaign Office in Houston
Weekly Standard ^ | 10/02/2018 | Haley Byrd

Posted on 10/02/2018 11:27:12 AM PDT by DFG

A hazardous materials response team was dispatched to Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign office in Houston on Tuesday morning to investigate a mailed envelope that contained a white powdery substance, the campaign confirmed to THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

Multiple fire trucks and at least one hazmat truck were spotted on the scene after the letter was opened by campaign staff and reported to authorities.

At time of publishing, it was unclear whether the substance was found to be toxic or not.

Update, October 2, 2018, 1:08 p.m.: Houston Fire wrote on Twitter that two people had been taken to the hospital after being exposed to the substance:

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cruz; hazmat; houston; searchworks

1 posted on 10/02/2018 11:27:12 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

It’s happening? Pentagon, Cruz office, other Republican.


2 posted on 10/02/2018 11:28:59 AM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: DFG

the left is tripping right before the finish line with this kind of thing.

what person wants to be governed by maniacs and sociopaths.


3 posted on 10/02/2018 11:30:07 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

Agreed. This could scare undecided voters away from the Democrats.


4 posted on 10/02/2018 11:31:48 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: DFG

Its 1 pm on the East Coast and already today the Commie -Democrat Party have committed four acts of violence and terrorism.


5 posted on 10/02/2018 11:32:04 AM PDT by heights
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To: DFG

Taco Tuesday in Texas can be rough if the whole crew goes out for lunch.


6 posted on 10/02/2018 11:32:36 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: snarkytart

You know all the usual suspects up on crapital hill will say it’s just Republicans trying to get sympathy.


7 posted on 10/02/2018 11:37:00 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: DFG

Insane hysterical democrats.


8 posted on 10/02/2018 11:39:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: snarkytart
what person wants to be governed by maniacs and sociopaths.

Will they outlaw ATM fees and forgive my student loans? /sarc


9 posted on 10/02/2018 11:41:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: snarkytart

See my Tagline

GOTV


10 posted on 10/02/2018 11:47:22 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: I want the USA back

Our side is pretty pissed off. Right atm one of the busiest boards on the net (4chan pol/) is a ghost town because so many people have been banned in the last 4 days.


11 posted on 10/02/2018 11:57:15 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.a pelvic exam.)
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To: DFG

The moonbats are circling.

CC


12 posted on 10/02/2018 12:36:29 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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To: snarkytart

These psychos on the news who say well of course they don’t condone getig in people faces, but it’s part of what you buy into when you’re in office: Bullcrap. You teach these simpletons who make up the left that their righteousness justifies going after people, it’s just a short step from there to murder


13 posted on 10/02/2018 12:51:05 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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To: refreshed

Mattis got confirmed Ricin in an envelope. These are “warnings.” I suspect assassination will become a tactic of the Left before the elections.


14 posted on 10/02/2018 1:01:50 PM PDT by arthurus (v^.^v)
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To: DFG

The party of death ...


15 posted on 10/02/2018 1:11:11 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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At first I thought somebody might have brought in a day-old burrito from a 7-11.


16 posted on 10/02/2018 2:31:14 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
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