CNN Guest Calls Will Hurd ‘Extremely Pro-Life,’ Corrects It to ‘Anti-Choice’

‘He’s anti-choice, I should say’

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CROSS: "Well, look, this is a hugely important district to both parties. It’s a swing district. Of course he represents the longest stretch of the border between U.S. and Mexico. He has been an opponent of the President’s border wall. But I would argue that I don’t know how tough a loss this is. I know he’s championing his own diversity, but I would quote Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and say I don’t know if black faces are as important as black voices. And the truth of the matter is, Congressman Hurd voted with Donald Trump 96 percent of the time. He was one of the people who blocked the House efforts to get Trump’s tax returns. He’s extremely pro-life — I shouldn't say, he’s anti-choice, I should say. So he does fall in line with the Republican Party. If you remember, in last cycle he was running against Gina Ortiz Jones and the election was so close that it wasn’t called on election night. So it was a bit of a delay in even declaring victory and Gina Ortiz Jones actually came to the freshmen orientation. She was determined to be there. So I think he saw the writing on the wall. This has consistently been a swing district and I think it got harder for him to defend some of the President’s rhetoric, even though he voted with the President most of the time."

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