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Colin Allred: “The Department of Education is gone.”

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

Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show

Published February 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 34:35

Our government is terrorizing people right in front of us and then lying to you about it. Yeah. Right. And they. They've just said, you know what? The Department of Education is gone. Well, who does the Department of Education? Who is it really working towards? Right. Head Start program, you know, for. For pre K, for families like mine who can't afford pre K. (34:35–34:37)

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Asserts that the Department of Education has been eliminated.

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“Stock trading by members of Congress has to be made illegal.”
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