he bought ads on my show tonight to counter his interview. joining us now is patrick, political reporter for the texas tribune. we ve been talking about the moments that have gone viral, have certainly captured our imaginations. we thought it was time for some ground truth. what is happening on the ground in what is thought to be deep red texas? yeah, we re obviously seeing a lot of enthusiasm surrounding his campaign. it s been sustained and growing enthusiasm which has been somewhat impressive considering that he has been campaigning now for well over a year, traveling across the state, pretty much nonstop since march or april of 2017. and i think that what s resonating is kind of this sense of authenticity that you see with him whether it s these town halls, these cunanan one come all town halls he s having across the is it state, whether it s live streaming every moment from the campaign trail. and, you no he, that certainly provides something of a contrast with cruz who cert
controversy appears to be no exception. congressman mark meadows has now seized upon a text exchange from strzok to page in april of 2017 where he says to her, i want to talk to you about media leak strategy with doj. the timing is something that the congressman finds troubling because it happens to fall during the exact period of time when the washington post and other outlets publishing stories about the fbi s surveillance of former trump adviser carter page. strzok s attorney tells me it has nothing to do with that, and instead it was about a department-wide initiative to stop elections to the media. a source close to page tells me it had nothing to do with anything about that. all it was is they were preparing department leadership at the justice department to face leaks and the legality around that. of course, the larger political ba backdrop is that even though these two people no longer work at the fbi, their text messages will be continued to be used as political ammunition
one of the president s closest allies in congress, mark meadows, reveals new text messages show a coordinated effort in the fbi and justice department to harm the trump campaign. the house republicans suggest without evidence that texts between former fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page point to what he calls a media leak strategy. let s get more from cnn s laura jarrett in washington. reporter: well, good morning. for the past several months, something of a pattern has started to develop here as republican lawmakers uncover a text exchange between the two former officials. the president tweets out a suggestion that the fix is in at the fbi, and the latest controversial appears to be no exception. congressman mark meadows has seized upon a text exchange from strzok to page in april of 2017 where he says to her, i want to talk to you about media leak strategy with doj.
one of the president s cloefts allies in congress, mark meadows, found texts between the fbi and trump department of justice to harm the white house. he points to what he calls a media leak strategy. more from laura jarrett in washington. ro reporter: good morning. the latest controversy appears to be no exception. congressman mark meadows has seized upon a text exchange from strouk pa strzok to page in april of 2017 where he says to you, i want to talk to you about media leak strategy by the doj. it s troubling because it falls during the period of time when the washington post and other
thank you everyone, have a good night. tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. more drama from the ongoing saga of peter strzok and lisa page. tonight newly released text messages from the two of them that make it pretty obvious that some of our most trusted officials, people who holdme sensitive posts in the country s most powerful law enforcement agency have radically abused americaner and hurt citizens in the process, all for political reasons.or it s a big story. the new text messages were revealed in a letter sent by congressman mark meadows to the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. the texts were sent in april of 2017.ex they were part of a batch that you will remember had supposedly been lost to some sort of technical glitch.