O’Rourke vill att Ted Cruz avgår: ”Det här är ditt fel”
Ted Cruz borde avgå som senator för Texas. Det twittrar demokraten och den tidigare presidentaspiranten Beto O’Rourke, som förlorade senatsplatsen mot Cruz i ett jämnt val 2018.
I ett eget inlägg fördömde Ted Cruz ”terrorattacken” mot Kapitolium. Samtidigt har den republikanske senatorn ända sedan valet varit en av Donald Trumps närmaste allierade när det kommer till att ifrågasätta valresultatet – en ståndpunkt han stod fast vid in i det sista. Just ilskan mot valet var det som fick Trump-supportrarna att bryta sig in i kongressbyggnaden i veckan.
”Det här är ditt fel. Avgå”, skriver O’Rourke.
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Senatsvalet i Texas 2018
Wikipedia (en)
The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ran successfully for re-election to a second term against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season. As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they did not participate in the May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas.No Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as lieutenant governor in 1994, with election forecasters declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of the 2018 cycle. However, O'Rourke gradually closed the gap, and leading up to the election, the race was considered unexpectedly competitive.On Election Day, Cruz defeated O'Rourke by a margin of 50.9 to 48.3 percent; the race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Texas since 1978.
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