Washington Examiner: Sheila Jackson Lee thanks Ted Cruz for his support of school choice
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had some rare praise for fellow Texas lawmaker Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday for standing with her during a rally in their state for school choice.
"I'm glad Senator Cruz was there to stand alongside the issue of excellence in education," Jackson Lee, a Democrat, told MSNBC.
Cruz, a Republican, called school choice "the civil rights issue of the 21st century" at the Jan. 25 rally.
Jackson Lee told MSNBC she and Cruz still had differences over the issue, however, noting that she did not support vouchers, but rather the theme of "excellence in education" during the rally.
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