Republican congressional aide mocks Michael Avenatti for calling off promised 'large resistance rally' to counter Trump in TexasDaily Mail/UK, Oct 22, 2018
Michael Avenatti won't bring his anti-Trump rhetoric to Texas on Monday despite his promise last month to 'fight fire with fire' when the president visits Houston.
Two days after Trump announced that he would swing through the Lone Star State to stump for his former bitter rival Sen. Ted Cruz, the flamboyant lawyer said he would stage a counter-event somewhere in Texas.
Blaming a scheduling conflict, he told an NBC reporter on Sunday that he won't be coming.
A senior Republican aide on Capitol Hill who declined to be identified so he could speak freely said Monday: 'Bawk, bawk, bawk! It turns out "Basta" is Italian for "Never mind".'
Avenatti ends most of his tweets with 'Basta,' meaning 'Enough.'
Avenatti said Monday that his decision was unrelated to the prospect of suaring off against a pro-Trump crowd that the campaign sayd could number 100,000.
'Nonsense,' he told DailyMail.com in a text message.
He added: 'My decision was made far before any bogus claim of 100,000.'
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