Subject: FW: Heidi Cruz likens Ted Cruz campaign to efforts to end slavery
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:09:24 -0700

From: Press Texas Democratic Party [mailto:[email-masked]]
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Subject: Heidi Cruz likens Ted Cruz campaign to efforts to end slavery

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For Immediate Release

May 10, 2016

Contact: Tariq Thowfeek, (832) 429-8217, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Heidi Cruz likens Ted Cruz campaign to efforts to end slavery

Austin, TX -- “Drawing a parallel between the long-term efforts of her husband's supporters and the fight to end slavery, Heidi Cruz said Tuesday that it took "a lot longer than four years" for the latter fight to be successful.” [Texas Tribune, May 10, 2016<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/10/heidi-cruz-likens-husbands-efforts-slavery/>]

Cruz stated: "Think that slavery — it took 25 years to defeat slavery. That is a lot longer than four years. We are full of energy. We’re going to have a great vacation. We’re going to keep moving forward.” [Reporter Patrick Svitek, May 10, 2016<https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/730088559709802496>]

Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Crystal K. Perkins issued the following statement:

“No Heidi, your husband’s campaign was not like the fight to abolish slavery.

“In just a few sentences Heidi Cruz shows us exactly how tone deaf the Republican Party is to the history and lives of the new American majority.”

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