These Texas Muslims Wanted To Talk With Ted Cruz As His Constituents. He Refused.

Texas Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz refused to meet with a Muslim delegation from his home state on Monday, snubbing the group during Muslim Advocacy Day.

According to the Religion News Service (RNS), a group of 14 Texas Muslims visited Cruz’s senate office on April 18, hoping to speak with him or a staff member about their concerns as constituents in the Lone Star State. Although Cruz was campaigning in New York ahead of that state’s primary that day, the delegation was hoping to meet with one of his aides — a common practice for lawmakers with busy schedules.

But after weeks of rejections from Cruz’s office, the senator’s staff once again declined the offer to meet with Muslims, even though Texas is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the country....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/19/3770797/ted-cruz-muslim-snub/