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.
Beat-o Beto!
Thank God! Good news.
He’s beaten.
Great news!
The Fox News main site showed O’Rourke ahead for quite a while earlier, when other sites showed otherwise. Very suspicious.
Spending a hundred million dollars and coming in second? Priceless.
So, SO HAPPY! Yippee!! MAGA! :)
Uh, no. Only 1/3 of the votes are in and they’ve been running neck and neck. I’m not going to bed until this race is finished.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m THRILLED he won, as it means your one more RINO will be neutralized... But he didn’t have to make it so dramatic with his stunt at the convention.
HaHaHaHaHaHa... all those fools in Hollywood threw away all their money. Love it!!!
Glad to know that all of his stupid signs will be disappearing.
Watch how fast those Betotard signs come down tomorrow. Dumbasses, go back to your POS libtard states.
That’s a lot of cash in the trash. :-)
Cruz is currently up by 200,000 votes...the early results must have been urban areas. This may not even end up being close in the final tally.
The snowflakes were all so excited that they voted early. Those were the numbers that was posted first.
O’Rourke spent about 70 million openly, probably at least 30 million in dark money - and he almost won. Probably every close Democrat win is due to big money.
“The Fox News main site showed O’Rourke ahead for quite a while earlier, when other sites showed otherwise. Very suspicious”
No, it is not suspicious. I have been on the Texas Secretary of State website all evening. The early votes that first came in were from Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, strong Democratic areas.
The few in my neighbourhood were down by sundown...
This Beto idiot is not going away...the Dimms and the rest of the alt-Left love the guy.
So far Gillum has lost and now Beto, and seems Abrams is on the ropes, not a good night so far and no blue wave.
Trump eats up and spits Soros’ cash right back in his face!
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