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In denton, texas, to introduce the next governor that will make sure america knows what freedom looks like and it looks like greg abbott. my friend, greg abbott. >> my friend. ted nugent may be proud two sharing the stage with his friend, greg abbott. abbotts campaign isnt so sure. with local news leading with abbotts decision to campaign with nugent, abbott told reporters he was unaware of new gents past comments and the abbott campaign said in a statement that "while nugent may sometimes say t...

And then the suspension was then whittled down to about zero days. >> so did a&e bow to pressure? >> i dont think theres any question about it. i mean, a&e didnt have to suspend phil robertson, some people agreed with what he said. certainly the shows fans thinking that hes expressing his religious views and basing on the bible. a lot of other people were offended by the language he used. but a&e could have put out a statement distancing itself saying weve talked to phil robertson, he regrets wh...

Still, he maintained the comment had no racial undertones. >> no, not at all. it wasnt meant that way. like i said before, i was caught off guard and what seemed to be a funny question and trying to give a funny answer that came out totally wrong and, you know, i want to make sure that, you know, everybody knows im very, very sorry. i cant apologize enough times. >> reporter: the incident is reminiscent of 1997 comments made by two-time major winner fuzzy zoeller who referred to then 21-year-old...

He repudiates that line of attack. the super pac in question released a statement distancing itself from any such strategy saying the man who allegedly authored it and oversay the, joe rickets did nothing of the sort and didnt plan on accepting it. so is this a strategy or isnt it and is it a wise one. joining me now fox news contributor jason riley. the "new york times" talks about -- it would be a huge ad buy, the proposal talks about a five-minute film talking about president obamas relations...

>> they are. we have known this, tea party patriots have none about this since september of last year putting out a statement distancing ourselves from that entire organization because they would not distance themselves from him. and just last week, amy said she would not throw a fellow conservative under the bus talking about mark williams. if that happened in our organization with one of our national coordinators, they would be out and it would be on public record, that we would not tolerate t...

Party express are horrifying. >> they are. we have known this, tea party patriots have none about this since september of last year putting out a statement distancing ourselves from that entire organization because they would not distance themselves from him. and just last week, amy said she would not throw a fellow conservative under the bus talking about mark williams. if that happened in our organization with one of our national coordinators, they would be out and it would be on public record...

>> they are. we have known this, tea party patriots have none about this since september of last year putting out a statement distancing ourselves from that entire organization because they would not distance themselves from him. and just last week, amy said she would not throw a fellow conservative under the bus talking about mark williams. if that happened in our organization with one of our national coordinators, they would be out and it would be on public record, that we would not tolerate t...

Party express are horrifying. >> they are. we have known this, tea party patriots have none about this since september of last year putting out a statement distancing ourselves from that entire organization because they would not distance themselves from him. and just last week, amy said she would not throw a fellow conservative under the bus talking about mark williams. if that happened in our organization with one of our national coordinators, they would be out and it would be on public record...

You didnt understand my misconstruction. very odd. it wasnt enough for the gop leadership. they then summoned him back and said you have to go and release a statement dpoipt now. actually within ten minutes or else, dot dot dot. then bartons office release as statement saying essentially were sorry that i said the word "shakedown." then the gop leadership released a statement distancing themselves from barton saying hes wrong and doesnt speak for the party. mr. miller from florida, who was direc...

Vacation and would like to be his friend. he wants him to stop making anti-gay statements. randy kay, cnn, ft. lauderdale, florida. >> the family research counsel released a statement distancing themselves from rekers. they said they had to check their historical records to check he was a member of the original board. frc has had no contact with dr. rekers or knowledge of his activities in over a decade. so frc can provide no further insight. they added this, while we are extremely disappointed ...