Dallas Congressman Colin Allred has an uphill climb to flip Texas blue, but he said he is ready to call out Sen. Ted Cruz for not working in the best interest of Texans.
After speaking with Sen. Ted Cruz last week, Texas: The Issue Is hears from his opponent in the November election, Dallas Congressman Colin Allred. Allred has an uphill climb to flip Texas blue, but he said he is ready to call out Cruz for not working in the best interest of Texans.REP.
think there is going to be incredible enthusiasm around this election. In part because of the stakes, in part because we are now seeing the crystallization of who is on the ballot, and I talked to folks over time who didn't know what that was going to look like. What my campaign has to be is turn out folks and get our fellow Texans involved in their democracy. To also reach out to independents and Republicans.
He’s been proudly an extremist, and so I don't see any crossover here. When I was in the NFL, we would say check the tape because the tape doesn't lie, and for Ted Cruz, the tape is very clear that for 12 years he has been an extremist, a right-wing extremist. He has been proud of that. I think it’s kind of laughable that he is trying to show he has some level of moderation when, for 12 years, he has been so proud he doesn't."DIAL: "Let’s talk about the border.
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