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Feeling bullied by Rahm Emanuel? Bring your business down to Texas.

That's the message Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is sending big banks and firearms companies, after the Chicago mayor urged those banks to stop lending to the gun manufacturers.

The freshman senator sent a letter Tuesday to the CEOs of Bank of America and TD Bank Group offering up the Lone Star State as a place where they could do business without hassle from the government. He said he understands that, since they do "considerable business" with Chicago, they might be worried about the "risks" of not complying with Emanuel's request.

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Refreshing.
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South Carolina reps sent the same letter to Remington in New York telling them to bring their business here. I love living in the South.
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonald sends similar letters.
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Jim wrote:Virginia Governor Bob McDonald sends similar letters.
We have plenty of idle factory space here in the south-western part of the state.
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