Colin Allred keeps Kamala Harris at arms length as he makes a play for the center - eviltoast

"On a recent appearance on MSNBC, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred was asked how Vice President Kamala Harris’ presumptive rise to the top of the party’s ticket was affecting his campaign in Texas to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Allred’s response was polite, but muted: “Vice President Harris was a member of the congressional Black Caucus and I’ve known her for some time and I support her nomination.”

That five-second comment was all the time Allred spent discussing Harris. He quickly pivoted for the rest of the seven-minute segment to attacking Cruz for blocking bipartisan border security and immigration bills, opposing abortion access and leaving the state for Cancun when millions of Texans had lost power in their homes in 2021.

Harris’s impending nomination has injected the November election with renewed enthusiasm among Democrats, who are hoping the historic nature of her candidacy as a woman of color could also boost down-ballot candidates. But in Republican-dominated Texas, Allred — who has been running his campaign as a centrist — is not flocking to her side."

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    No, you’re just depressingly on message. And that’s not always a bad thing. But in this case you’re either letting yourself fall victim to rage bait that’s been debunked or you’re spreading it on purpose.

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      3 months ago

      Please point out which of my links posted above are incorrect so I can correct that. I do not want to spread misinformation. I really would like to know if I’m wrong about Harris’s record.