Claim: A bitter GOP primary contest in Texas for a U.S. Senate seat has come to this: an ad featuring a grieving mother who links one of the candidates to her son's suicide. A Texas super PAC is airing a TV ad that features a distraught mother who says Ted Cruz, a lawyer, "should be absolutely ashamed of himself" for representing a key figure in Pennsylvania's infamous "kids for cash" scandal. In that case, two judges were convicted of taking $2.1 million from Cruz's client in exchange for sending kids to private juvenile detention centers —
Fact-check: Texas-Size Mudballs in GOP Senate Runoff - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a bitter gop primary contest in texas for a u.s. senate seat has come to this: an ad featuring a grieving mother who links one of the candidates to her son's suicide. a texas super pac is airing a tv ad that features a distraught mother who says ted cruz, a lawyer, "should be absolutely ashamed of himself" for representing a key figure in pennsylvania's infamous "kids for cash" scandal. in that case, two judges were convicted of taking $2.1 million from cruz's client in exchange for sending kids to private juvenile detention centers —
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2012-07-27T20:58:28