Beto O’Rourke lied in his first debate about his drunken driving crash

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While most of us in the news media were out scouring Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbooks, some of us noticed Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke told a big lie during his first debate with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

“I did not try to leave the scene of the accident, though driving drunk, which I did, is a terrible mistake for which there is no excuse or justification or defense, and I will not try to provide one,” the Democratic senatorial candidate said Friday.

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