Cruz releases heavily edited ad depicting O'Rourke's comments on flag burning
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday released a heavily edited ad representing his Democratic opponent's comments on flag burning.
In the 25-second video released by Cruz's reelection campaign, Rep. Beto O'Rourke appears to answer a question about "desecrating" the flag by saying he believes it is "inherently American."
"As a voter, I don't know how I would feel to have my own elected representative being open to kneeling on the Senate floor or encouraging and supporting acts that desecrate our American flag," a constituent says to O'Rourke at a town hall during the video.
"I think there is something inherently American about that, and so I'm grateful people are willing to do that," O'Rourke says.
A transcript of the event obtained by The Hill shows the Cruz campaign edited significant context from O'Rourke's answer. O'Rourke, according to the transcript, said it is "inherently American" to "nonviolently and peacefully protest" police brutality and racial inequality.
O'Rourke's communications director, Chris Evans, told The Hill that O'Rourke was not discussing "anything about flag-burning or desecrating the flag in his answer."
The Cruz ad uses 43 of 143 words from the constituent's question and 24 of 615 words from O'Rourke's answer at the Aug. 31 town hall meeting in El Paso, The Dallas Morning News reported.
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