Dallas News by James Barragán 10/14/2018
EL PASO -- There was no love for hometown congressman Beto O'Rourke in the gymnasium of Franklin High School Saturday night.
A sea of 2,200 people carrying "Ted Cruz: Tough as Texas" signs, wearing red "Make America Great Again" hats and waving American flags came out to boisterously support Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The incumbent is in a highly watched battle for re-election with O'Rourke, who Democrats see as their best shot to win statewide elected office in 24 years.
An energetic Cruz, with comfortable leads in recent polls despite O’Rourke’s huge fundraising lead, greeted the standing room-only crowd, saying: "The media told me there weren't any conservatives in El Paso." The crowd booed loudly.
Cruz then went down a checklist of issues that are central to his conservative base. On taxes, he said, he'd led the way to pass "the biggest tax cut in a generation." And he'd worked to cut down on regulation of business, which he said resulted in more jobs.
Unemployment, he told the crowd, was at its lowest rate in 49 years. Among African-Americans and Hispanics, he said, it was at historic lows.
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