Texas Rep. apologizes for ‘tasteless’ Tweet about Dick Cheney and abortion

Matt K. Lewis Senior Contributor
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Texas state Rep. Gene Wu apologized for tweeting “If life ends when heart stops, then please explain Dick Cheney?” on Monday.

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Rep. Wu was apparently attempting to tie the heart problems of former Vice President Dick Cheney to the pro-Life message, “abortion stops a beating heart.”

Wu later deleted the tweet, and tweeted several apologies:

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