In a race too close for comfort,
with everything on the line, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a masterful
debate performance on Wednesday night. Facing off against Rep. Colin
Allred (D-TX), the current senator pummelled his opponent on issue after
issue. Allred wasn't ready for primetime, contradicting himself at
multiple points and walking right into numerous receipt-laden traps set
by Cruz.
Cruz came into the debate planning to expose Allred for the radical
he is, not the moderate he claims to be. I think it's safe to say he
succeeded.
CRUZ: He's said not a word about his own
record. I have to admit that at the beginning of it, it reminded me of
Kamala Harris in the debates answering everything, "Look, I was born in
the middle class." It's some lines that sound nice that ignore his
record. Let's just talk about his voting record. Again, you can go to
allredfacts.com, you can see the actual votes. Four times, he has come
out for men playing in women's sports and boys playing in girl's sports.
He is a co-sponsor and he voted for a law called the Equality Act. The
Equality Act mandated that boys be able to go into girl's bathrooms,
locker rooms, and their changing rooms.
ALLRED: (mumbling) That's not true, that's not true
CRUZ:
He voted for it. That is his record. Number two, there was a bill, it
was a very simple bill, it was narrowly defined. It was protecting women
and girl's sports. He voted no. The only issue on that bill was whether
biological boys should compete against our daughters. Congressman
Allred was an NFL linebacker. It is not fair for a man to compete
against women.
The third time, he signed onto something called the
Transgender Bill of Rights. The Transgender Bill of Rights explicitly,
and he cosponsored it, mandated that boys compete against girls in
sports. And just two weeks ago, Congressman Allred joined a hundred
radical Democrats in demanding that our military allow drag shows on
military bases, pay for soldiers to have sex changes using taxpayer
money, and pay for children to be sterilized and have sex changes on
military bases. Again, that's extreme. That's not Texas, but that's his
voting record.
While Allred has been bombarding the airwaves with ads claiming he's
tough on the border and a social moderate, the truth is far different.
As Cruz laid out with such precision, the congressman went to Washington
and did what Democrats in Washington always do. He sponsored and voted
for a variety of radical, far-left policies that make most people in
Texas wince.
Over and over, on the issue of transgenderism,
Allred enthusiastically voted with his party and against protecting
children. Far from the rebel he claims to be, the congressman has been a
rubber stamp for the most extreme facets of the left-wing agenda. He
can try to run from that record, but he can't hide from it.
The
pummelling just continued from there. On abortion, Cruz drew a sharp
contrast, pointing out that Allred voted for federal legislation that
would have legalized abortion until birth in every state.
When
the topic of antisemitism came up, Cruz again brought the receipts,
pointing out that Allred has toed the Democrat line on Gaza and Hamas.
The congressman, much like vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, also
has a history of befriending and working with radical Islamists.
SEE: Tim Walz Caught in Scandal Involving a Muslim Cleric and Adolf Hitler
CRUZ: Congressman
Allred invited a radical Imam in Dallas who called Zionists monsters
and has compared them to Nazis. Congressman Allred calls them the best
of North Texas. I don't support those who engage in antisemitic actions,
and I will tell you, the funders of the antisemitic protests on college
campuses are among Congressman Allred's biggest supporters. We need
clarity, we need to draw a line, and as for me and my home, we will
stand with Israel.
CRUZ:
Right now, Kamala Harris & Colin Allred both want the votes of the
anti-Semites on college campuses. I don't want their votes, and if they
threaten Jewish students, they should be arrested, they should be
prosecuted, they should be expelled, and if they are from another
country, they should be deported.
Of course, the biggest liability for Allred is his opposition to
Donald Trump's border policies. While the congressman has repeatedly
claimed to be tough on the border, his comments and voting record when
he wasn't running for the U.S. Senate paint a very different picture.
CRUZ:
In his entire answer, Congressman Allred makes zero reference to
anything he's actually done in office. As Gromer Jeffers rightly noted
in his question, Congressman Allred has said publicly that if you
believe border security matters, he thinks you're a racist. He calls the
border wall quote, "That racist border wall," and he has pledged to
tear down that "racist border wall" personally, and he said quote, "We
will not have that wall in this country."
And by the way, that's
been his consistent voting record. He's voted against that wall not
once, not twice, but three times. Every single time there's a serious
measure to secure the border, Colin Allred votes no. Look, it's a
pattern we've seen at the presidential level because it's what Kamala
Harris does as well, and understand at home, Colin Allred is Kamala
Harris. Their records are the same. I've served with both of them.
They've voted in favor of open borders over and over and over again, and
now they are desperately trying to hide that from the voters.
Now
at the end, Congressman Allred said, "Well gosh, Cruz hasn't done
anything on that," but let's talk about my record. When Donald Trump was
president, I worked hand-in-hand with President Trump to secure the
border and we achieved incredible success. We produced the lowest rate
of illegal immigration in 40 years. That's what Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris inherited. It's what Colin Allred inherited, and they
deliberately broke it and opened the border, and Texas is paying the
price.
Allred didn't go to Washington and buck his party to help solve the
border crisis. Instead, all he mustered was a vote for a meaningless
resolution. When it came to actual policy, the congressman was a rubber
stamp for the Biden administration, whether that be his voting record or
his rhetoric.
In the end, Cruz took his opponent apart. Anyone
who watched that debate should no longer be confused about who would be
heading to the Senate if Allred were to win. At best, he'd become just
another "yes man" for Chuck Schumer. At worst, if Kamala Harris were to
win the presidency, he'd likely represent the decisive vote to enact her
agenda. Texans need to choose wisely. This isn't the time to play
around with yet another faux "moderate" Democrat who will be anything
but once on the job.
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