Posted on 11/06/2018 7:36:57 PM PST by Morgana
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas outperformed pro-abortion Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke and won a Senate victory despite O’Rourke raking in unprecedented campaign contributions and a love-affair from the mainstream media.
The abortion activist had raised nearly $40 million in the third quarter of 2018, smashing the all-time record for most raised in one quarter, previously set at $22 million. Comparatively, Cruz raised roughly $12 over the same period. After O’Rourke revealed he wouldn’t be sharing any of the war chest he amassed with the other Democrats in tight races, Cruz took a jestful shot at the congressman, saying that if Democrats want to “embrace the principles of socialism” they should just take the money
O’Rourke is a three-term pro-abortion Representative from Texas, who has a long pro-abortion record. He lost despite massive help from the former president of Planned Parenthood — who urged Texans to help raise for a money to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
“For many years I served as the president of Planned Parenthood … and I saw first hand what happens when politicians put their own ideological agenda ahead of the health and wellbeing of women and young people,” Cecile Richards said in video. “Frankly, that’s what Ted Cruz has done his entire political career.”
Cruz has been a staunch supporter of the unborns’ right to life and vehemently opposed to organizations that perform abortions while receiving federal funding.
Earlier this year, Cruz wrote a powerful column for Fox News calling out the Democratic Party’s extremism on abortion.
The Texas Republican and former presidential candidate slammed Democrat lawmakers who rejected the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a bill that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks when unborn babies are capable of feeling pain.
Cruz said the bill was “reasonable legislation” that would have put American laws in line with the rest of the world. The United States is one of only seven countries in the world that permits elective abortions past 20 weeks — a fact confirmed by the Washington Post fact checker.
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The bill failed to pass the U.S. Senate Monday because there were not enough votes to overcome pro-abortion Democrats’ filibuster.
Expressing his disappointment, Cruz wrote:
… for the most part it eliminated as a category a procedure that not only ended an innocent life but ended it in such a way as to constitute torture.
I had hoped that my Democratic colleagues could see the merits of such legislation. I had hoped that they could recognize the barbarity of ripping apart a suffering child and put in place at least some limit of what we as a nation are willing to carry out in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade.
The radicalization of the Democratic Party on abortion in recent years, however, means that most cannot countenance even the slightest restriction; or the slightest acknowledgement that “abortion on demand, without apology” has its downsides. Instead, virtually every Democrat filibustered this commonsense legislation.
The vote exposed just how radical the Democratic Party has become. Polls consistently show strong public support for a 20-week abortion ban, including a majority of Democrats and women. However, just three Democrats in the Senate supported the bill. Two Republicans also opposed it.
Cruz criticized pro-abortion Democrats for ignoring how many women feel pressured to abort their unborn babies.
“What is more, for all the rhetoric about ‘choice,’ the evidence paints a more grisly picture,” he wrote. “A recent report published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons reveals that out of nearly 1,000 women surveyed, 74 percent felt that their decision was pressured by others.”
When women are struggling with poverty or abuse or simply a lack of support, Cruz said there always is a better solution than to kill an unborn child.
“We understand that a woman can feel trapped by an abortion, and that the proper response to unplanned pregnancy is not coercion; nor is it the cold, harsh hallways of an abortion clinic. The proper response is a helping hand,” he continued. “The proper response is love.”
Cruz said he was proud to support the legislation, and he looks forward to a day when every unborn baby’s life is protected.
“I hope and pray that one day, all unborn children will be awarded the most basic of all human rights – the right to life,” he concluded.
Another non Texan reporting on a Texan
Is Beto still going to be a representative or is ho out of Congress all together?
This should not have been close. Do we really have that many dead democrats voting in Texas?
Looks like, at the end of the night, the Republicans will be up 3 or 4 in the Senate, but the Dems will be up 35 or so in the House (making Pelosi speaker again) and will flip 3 or 4 Governorships. So nobody can really claim a wave.
What we're seeing, basically, is the two parties exchanging roughly equal population groups: white men who didn't go to college, traditionally Democratic voters, are now solidly Republican; and white women who did graduate college, traditionally Republicans, are now Democrats.
Unfortunately, Beto, even in losing, has coattails (aka money spillover effect). Pete Sessions lost and John Culberson lost his R+6 district and it wasn’t that close.
LOL!
I’m glad you have a way to feel good about yourself.
Good meme!
Unfortunately, Beto, even in losing, has coattails (aka money spillover effect). Pete Sessions lost and John Culberson lost his R+6 district and it wasn’t that close.
I truly ........don’t.
Well, Kitty, enjoy Texas' newest Rep....
Democrats O’Rourke, McCaskill, Bill Nelson and Heitkamp on that list all lost. Also note that most of Rick Scott’s spending was his own money, with him having a net worth of close to $250 million.
“2+ years later and you’re still whining about that??”
DAMN RIGHT. I’m still PISSED as hell that his sicko-pride was worth more to him than the future of the country.
But, as I said, I voted for him - twice this year, and will continue to vote for him, because I put this country over my own pride and ‘principle’ (unlike many here).
I agree.
Ted Cruz owes Trump, big time, for this win.
“I agree. Ted Cruz owes Trump, big time, for this win.”
Thanks. But to Cruz’s credit, he has behaved well since that spectacle. But he needs to understand that he will NEVER again be the darling of Conservatives. At best, we’ll vote for him because the alternative is just too horrendous for our country and our families.
He should take his skills and now look elsewhere for a future. I can PROMISE HIM that he will not be nearly as lucky in 2024 to have such a pathetic candidate as Beto, who actually was a Democrat throw-away, initially - they never thought he’d get any traction. In 2024, Cruz will likely have a candidate more like Joe Manchin (or Llyod Benston), who is able to convince the state that he’s a moderate...and Cruz will be crushed.
Perhaps, if we do make it to 55 seats in the Senate tonight, Cruz can take a federal judgeship - maybe Appeals, maybe Supreme Court (and he’ll do great in either job). But he needs to get out of the election game, he blew that chance.
Over at Reddit, they call him the Zodiac Killer. Pretty damn funny, but it also kind of describes him as having a few strange angles to his face - not good for getting Independents to vote for you.
LOL, the Democrats will never spend this much money to try to unseat him again. They had EVERYTHING going for them with Beto, huge media attention, big name recognition and record amounts of money and they still lost. When Cruz is up again, it’ll be a presidential election and all the Hollywood money will go to that, not to tilting windmills at a Senate race that everyone knows Cruz will win again.
Well said!!!
It was Trump’s excessive, absurd and false attacks on Cruz during the primary that certainly cost Cruz some votes. Cruz doesn’t owe him anything. Trump only cared about winning at that moment and had no concern for how much he would damage his Republican opponents in the future, possibly losing votes for his agenda.
Of course I forgot to point out that Cruz himself may be the one running for President 6 years from now. So in that case the Democrats WILL fund his opponent.
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