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Colin Allred: “Republicans know they need Democratic votes to try and…”

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

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Colin Allred discusses his clash with James Talarico, campaign for 33rd Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 14:25

Well, I think you can look at it one of two ways. You can say the Democrats are forcing a shutdown, or you can say the Republicans know they need Democratic votes to try and advance this budget and they're not willing to negotiate. Right. If you want my vote on an issue, and I think that particularly an agency is being misrun, being it's out of control and needs to be reined in, … (14:25–14:31)

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Asserts that Republicans need Democratic votes for the budget but are unwilling to negotiate.

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