Ted Cruz, who won the Republican Senate nomination in Texas on Tuesday, mentioned that he has never encountered a “Hispanic panhandler” while arguing that Hispanics are conservative people in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” From family values to high rates of participation in the military, Cruz argued that the Hispanic community is conservative. This is also why, he argued, he’s never seen a Hispanic panhandler.
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