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The Texas Senate debate between longtime Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred was not without its share of name-calling and fiery exchanges in the state's first and only debate before the November election. Abortion, immigration and transgender issues brought out the most contention between the two candidates.
While Cruz sought to destroy any attempt of Allred being portrayed as a moderate candidate by continually bringing up his voting record throughout the hour-long debate on Tuesday night, Allred painted Cruz as an "extremist" who opposes exceptions to abortions, like in instances of rape. 'BOYS PLAYING GIRLS' SPORTS' AD LANDS TEXAS DEM IN HOT WATER WITH LGBTQ ACTIVISTS ON EVE OF PIVOTAL DEBATE "You're not pro-life," Allred said to Cruz. "It's not pro-life to deny women care so long that they can't have children anymore.
It's not pro-life to force a victim of rape to carry their rapist's baby." Cruz, during his opening statement, said, "In Texas, we overwhelmingly support that parents should be notified and have to consent before their child gets an abortion." "In Texas, we overwhelmingly agree that late-term abortions in the eighth and ninth months, that's too extreme, and I'll tell you, in Texas, we overwhelmingly agree that taxpayer money shouldn't pay for abortions," he added.
At one point during the squabble over abortion, one of the hosts, WFAA's Jason Whitely, repeatedly...
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