Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Most politicians don’t boast about endorsements from felons.
That’s not the case for Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, who featured in a commercial the endorsements of two former Border Patrol agents who were sent to prison for killing an unarmed drug smuggler, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Conservatives have largely opposed the prosecution of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were accused of also trying to cover up the shooting and hide evidence.
Hall’s opponent John Ratcliffe is loosely tied to the case because a law partner, Johnny Sutton, was the U.S. attorney who helped convict Ramos and Campean.
“We were U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to protect the Texas/Mexico border, but Johnny Sutton of the U.S. Attorney’s office saw it differently,” Ramos said in a video released Tuesday afternoon by the Hall campaign.
“We were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison for doing our jobs,” Compean says. “Congressman Ralph Hall stood up for us in our time of need.”
