Ted Cruz declines, so challenger Beto O’Rourke gets an hour on national TV by himself

Star Telegram ^ | Oct 9, 2018 | Anna Tinsley

[trebb]

Cruz sidestepped the trap...he’s smart.

[dp0622]

What you said.

EXCEPT that they would hope for Ted to slip and say something that ALL the media outlets would run with.

Now even THAT’S out the window.

Smart move by Ted’s team.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

‘A CNN Town Hall would have been a disaster. Cruz is better off in a classic debate format.’

So GLAD to hear that.

A fair debate challenge is simple:

Make challenge public. Advertise it.

Equal time. NO moderator. No holds barred.

[MGunny]

CNN town hall? More like a mob rules convention!

[spacewarp]

This should be called an in-kind donation that violates the limits of the donations to campaigns.

Insane.

[spacewarp]

And all 5 of their viewers will breathlessly tune in.

[1Old Pro]

A CNN “Town Hall”? He made the right decision.

Agreed, maybe Hannity can offer to do a FOX debate.

[bert]

3,681 viewed the event

[Eleutheria5]

He doesn’t trust CNN. With good reason. Refusing to show, however, is a mistake imho.

[BradyLS]

It wrankles a bit that Cruz walked out of CNN’s Townhall. I’d like to see Cruz best him in the format.

But it may be for the best. CNN wasn’t going to give Cruz a fair shake. If Cruz detected a set up, he’s probably right.

Now, a guy with an Irish surname has to explain why everyone voting for him calls him Beto

[TigerClaws]

CNN gets the plant attack questions from the audience and Beto the beta likely already had his attack ad written for him ahead of time.

Cruz just needs a real debate format.

[WashingtonFire]

Good, Cruz finally showing the same kind of balls as Trump.

The Fake News C*N are an embarrassment and disgrace and drag all who go on their terrible shows down to their level.

[Taxman]

AND, a national LIEberal audience will have the opportunity to hear Beto LIE a LOT!

[Gay State Conservative]

Wouldn’t it be more fitting if he called himself Pedro O’Rourke?

[MeganC]

Beta O’Rourke is going to be on CNN for an hour? By herself?

That’ll be awesome! CNN’s rating suck out loud as it is and this isn’t going to help!

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!