"Standing on stage in another country with the leader of another country who wants to and has sought to undermine this country, and to side with him over the United States -- if I were asked to vote on this I would vote to impeach the president," O'Rourke said in response to a question from The Dallas Morning News. "Impeachment, much like an indictment, shows that there is enough there for the case to proceed and at this point there is certainly enough there for the case to proceed."
Cruz retweeted The News’ report on his rival’s comments and called him an extremist.
“O'Rourke has decided that the wedge issue is to run so far to the left that he energizes every far left liberal in the state. In the past week, he has come out aggressively for impeaching Trump,” Cruz asserted on Friday.
Even House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren don’t support impeachment, Cruz added.
“If he was running in Massachusetts, he'd be to the left of Elizabeth Warren. ...That's an incredible place to be in Texas,” he said.
Contrasts abound
There are plenty of genuine contrasts between the candidates’ positions. Cruz highlighted a number of those on Friday, too.
They disagree strongly on the direction the Supreme Court should take. Both have used the current vacancy to remind voters of the stakes in their contest, with GOP control of the Senate now at 51-49.
On gun rights and gun violence, Cruz touts his fierce defense of Second Amendment rights. He has used his perch on the Judiciary Committee to derail limits on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. O’Rourke has called for curbing access to some weapons after gun rampages in Texas and other states in the last
