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Colin Allred: “I certainly didn't think she was going to buy stock in a…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Inside Texas Politics | Full interview on the Democratic Senate runoff with Colin Allred

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

I did not expect that she was going to get in the office and trade $4 million worth of stock or continue to take corporate PAC money from interest that she said she was standing up against. I certainly didn't think she was going to buy stock in a company like Palantir, who was being used by ICE as part of their mass surveillance operations, and then sell it at a profit while in office for six years. As I think you know, Jason, I never traded a single stock. And I did that even though it wasn't illegal because I thought it was unethical. (02:56–03:08)

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Asserts that Julie Johnson bought and sold Palantir stock at a profit while in office.

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