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Colin Allred: “We have the highest uninsured rate in the country as a…”

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 39:02

I think we should have affordable health care for every single person. We should be very clear that sitting in Dallas right now, we have over 20% uninsured rate in Dallas county alone. We have the highest uninsured rate in the country as a state. of course, as many people know, and it just got worse. So the big, beautiful bill that they passed is going to kick Millions of Texans off their health care … (39:02–39:05)

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Colin Allred

“We haven't passed a significant change to our immigration system since Ronald Reagan was in the White House.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 20:49-20:56
“In the only year that she's been there, I think it's over $4 million in stock trades that she's made.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 25:04-25:09
“We have the most black people of any state in the country. Right in Texas.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 26:08-26:12
“We have over 20% uninsured rate in Dallas county alone.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 38:59-39:03
“This district should not exist as it's drawn. [It is] a racial gerrymander intended to reduce the voting power of minority communities in…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 14:52-15:06
“I've already brought $135 million to this district before I even represented it.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 15:26-15:32
“Every district that was targeted in this redistricting was a majority [minority] district.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 17:08-17:08
“We have now 38 congressional districts from Texas. We're probably going to add three more in the next census.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 17:43-17:52
“I was part of passing a bill when I was in Congress out of the House that banned gerrymander and required every state to have nonpartisan…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 18:21-18:30
“DACA for dreamers, that was an executive action by President Obama. It should have been a bill and we passed the DREAM act in the House, but…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 21:03-21:12
“They've gotten about $170 billion in the big beautiful bill.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 21:39-21:44
“They're going to do $38 billion on converting warehouses to add more detention centers and to hire the biggest private army in the world in…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 21:54-22:05
“They've lowered the standards for the hiring, they've reduced the training and they've lowered the accountability.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 22:05-22:11
“The Department of Education... [works towards] Head Start program... for pre K, for families like mine who can't afford pre K.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 22:52-34:47
“When I was in Congress for six years, it was legal for me to trade stocks, but I never did because I thought it was immoral.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 24:02-24:08
“Stock trading by members of Congress has to be made illegal.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 24:55-24:59
“My opponent in this race, Julie Johnson, has been one of the top stock traders in the entire country.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 24:59-25:05
“One of those stocks being Palantir, a stock, a company that's being heavily used by this administration to increase their ability to surveil…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 25:12-25:26
“Our government is terrorizing people right in front of us and then lying to you about it.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 34:25-34:32
“The Department of Education is gone.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 34:35-34:37
“It's kids with special needs.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 34:46-34:49
“It's the FAFSA and... the Pell Grant program... for people who can't afford to pay for their college.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 34:50-34:57
“I've already delivered over $135 million for this district.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 37:21-37:25
“I never traded stocks, but I also never took a dime of corporate PAC money, you know, in six years in Congress.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 37:38-37:44
“Julie Johnson has made very different decisions. She's taken, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate pack money, including…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 37:45-37:57
“The big, beautiful bill that they passed is going to kick Millions of Texans off their health care from Medicaid.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 39:09-39:16
“The expiring of the Affordable Care act grants that we had, which is for anybody who's trying to get their health insurance in the…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 39:16-39:28
“We're going to see even more hospital closures in our state.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 39:35-39:39
“We're going to see higher property taxes as a result of that, because if people don't get health care, they're going to get health care…”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 39:41-39:52
“People are staying 30, 40 years in office, and you see kind of not just a gerontocracy.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 42:20-42:27
“We should have some element of public financing of campaigns.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 42:48-42:52
“I think we should have an age limit on how long you can serve.”
Colin Allred on TX-33 Race, Democratic Divide & Talarico Tensions | Tashara Parker Show | Uploaded February 17, 2026 | 42:57-42:59