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Colin Allred: “Knowing that it's legal right now and knowing that, that we…”

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

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Colin Allred: Don't Ask for Our Votes and Disrespect Our Candidates

Published | Video Starts at 45:33

Instead of spending your time most, you know, laser focused on that, you're also trying to make yourself, you know, wealthier. I, I think that that's disqualifying in my opinion. And that's. Yes. Knowing that it's legal right now and knowing that, that we need to make it illegal, I still think you shouldn't be doing that [stock trading]. Right. So I'm just willing to. To say, you know, what I think I need to say. And as, as we talked about earlier, I'm a lot more relaxed than I ever have been running for office. (45:33–45:39)

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Asserts that stock trading by Congress members is currently legal but should be made illegal.

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