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Colin Allred: “Ted Cruz played a role in [the January 6th insurrection]…”

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

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Puro Politics 258. The Colin Allred Interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:22

And I think we came very close that day to losing our democracy, much closer than I think we still even have kind of fully wrangled with as a country. There's Texans, and Ted Cruz played a role in [the January 6th insurrection], and we're seeing him play a continuing role, I think, undermining faith in our institutions. We've now had multiple prosecutors reach the same conclusion. And, you know, if you believe in our institutions, you'd say, well, a jury of his peers is going to hear … (06:22–06:30)

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Asserts that Ted Cruz has contributed to undermining faith in U.S. institutions.

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