Posted on 08/09/2017 6:02:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz’s Democratic challenger is working overtime to drive a wedge between the senator and his base on one of his central issues — criminal justice reform.
Over the past six months, Rep. Beto O’Rourke has reached out to members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus to collaborate on the issue, hosted a Facebook Live event with them to talk marijuana policy, and sought support from the conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks for a criminal justice bill he introduced in the House.
While O’Rourke is no stranger to working with Republicans on issues relevant to his El Paso district, the lawmaker’s recent focus on criminal justice reform is part of a push to boost his profile for the uphill bid to unseat Cruz in the Senate in 2018.
“I’ve had more correspondence with Beto O’Rourke’s office than most of the Republicans [in the Texas delegation],” said Jason Pye, vice president of legislative affairs for FreedomWorks.....
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I am against abortion (after reading Ann Coulter and Jonah Goldberg), but I think that odious practice should be decided by the states, too. It was before the wretched Roe v Wade.
I’m a Tenth Amendment guy, but the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments essentially prohibit abortion, in my view.
Amendment V: “No person shall... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”
Amendment XIV: “No State shall...deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
You know... that is quite an argument. I had not even thought of it (don’t make fun of me).
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