AUSTIN, Texas – A column by the San Antonio Express-News’ Chris Tomlinson today highlights how Ted Cruz is hiding from his long record of working to ban abortion.

San Antonio Express News: Tomlinson: Character is critical in the U.S. Senate race in Texas. Colin Allred has it. Ted Cruz doesn't.

By Chris Tomlinson

• I first met Cruz when I interviewed him for the Associated Press in 2012, where I wrote the first national, mainstream story written about him. In his stump speech, Cruz liked to call politicians "blood-sucking parasites" and proof that "invertebrates can walk upright."

• When it came to policy details, though, Cruz himself was as slippery as a worm.

• Twelve years later, Cruz is still dodging tough questions, especially about his past efforts to impose a national abortion ban. After a decade of denouncing abortion exceptions for victims of rape and incest, Cruz today refuses to discuss the issue.

• What’s objectionable is his lack of integrity in defending those positions when asked.

• Voters have rewarded Cruz’s bombastic hyperbole, but he treats legislating like a college debate competition. If we want better governance, Texans should vote for character over spectacle if we're going to unite the country.

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