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Colin Allred: “Why hasn't Ted Cruz in his 12 years, tried to secure the…”

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

Rep. Colin Allred Full interview ahead of Primary Elections

Published March 4, 2024 | Video Starts at 06:22

But then when you have a chance to actually try and provide some solutions, you're unwilling to do that. And so I want to have this debate that Why hasn't Ted Cruz in his 12 years, tried to secure the border? He had a bill in the United States Senate just a month ago that would allow us to do that. Why did he take it down? (06:22–06:26)

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Questions Ted Cruz's efforts to secure the border during his 12-year tenure.

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Colin Allred

“I think misrepresenting us in the United States Senate and not serving 30 million Texans who deserve a senator who cares.”
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“I respect the primary process and when I ran in 2018 for Congress, came out of a big field and had a runoff and then still unseated to a 22…”
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“I think he's a threat to the state that I know.”
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“I've been a very bipartisan member of Congress while also standing up for my values and been one of our leading voices on voting rights, on…”
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“I think he's been one of the most divisive senators in the country.”
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“He spent his time in the Senate pitting us against each other.”
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“I think folks are worried about individual freedoms that are going away.”
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“He says that the border is the biggest issue in the country. But when we have a border bill to try and address it, he takes it down.”
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“We have to have a secure border. But let me be very clear. We have to do it in a humane way, consistent with our values.”
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“We have 26,000 women in our state who have given birth to their rapist child.”
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“The only way we can address it is going to be at the federal level to restore this right by codifying Roe v. Wade.”
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“Doctors refusing to treat women who are incredibly ill until they think that they are so ill that they fall into the exception of the life…”
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“Republicans like Ted Cruz made sure that we couldn't pass [a bill to try and protect IVF].”
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“When 30 million Texans are freezing in the dark to go to Cancun.”
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“Votes against it consistently, whether it's the Chips and Science act to restore semiconductor manufacturing to our state or the…”
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“I unseated a 22 year incumbent Republican in a multi million dollar race.”
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“[Ted Cruz is] going to take away access, have a nationwide ban on abortion, access to ivf.”
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