Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 29: Who’s Challenging Ted Cruz?

“I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that every conservative gets put in by Democrats and the media. A conservative is either stupid — too dumb to know the right answer — and even worse, if they actually know the right answer, then they’re evil” – Senator Ted Cruz

HPM Digital Team

| October 20, 2017, 12:54 PM

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to supporters at Fourth of July festivities in McAllen.

On this episode of Party Politics: Texas Edition, co-hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus get into the politics of:

Beto O’ Rourke gets into a scuffle with Party Politics co-host Brandon Rottinghaus
Gov. Greg Abbott celebrating Christmas early?
Attorney General Ken Paxton, price gouging investigations
Joaquin Castro’s new challenger and will Castro run for Attorney General?
Villalba Twitter rant against conservative blogger/Sarah Davis – Dan Patrick dust up

Do the Democrats have a real gubernatorial candidate?

Then, the gents take a good look at the Republican primary, is Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Cruzin’ for a challenge? By the way, don't forget to check out our national episodes of Party Politics, too.

Party Politics is produced by Edel Howlin and our audio engineer is Todd Hulslander.

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