<p>At a CNN Townhall on Thursday night, Democratic Congressman Beto O&#8217;Rourke, who is opposing incumbent GOP Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas, was his typically evasive self when asked about his recent bestowal of the nickname &#8220;Lyin&#8217; Ted&#8221; on Cruz, a moniker first used by then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016. O&#8217;Rourke first claimed he had decided at the beginning of his recent debate with Cruz to attack him for being dishonest. When CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash asked if he regretted using the pejorative nickname, O&#8217;Rourke suddenly became shy, sighing, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that that&#8217;s the way that I want to be talking in this campaign.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bash began: &#8220;You&#8217;ve been saying that people are sick of the pettiness and the smallness in politics, yet during Tuesday&#8217;s debate that you had with Senator Cruz, you took a page right out of President Trump&#8217;s playbook and you called Senator Cruz, &#8216;Lyin&#8217; Ted.&#8217; Why did you do that?&#8221;</p>

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