Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) left his Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) at a loss for words with a blistering, minute-and-a-half takedown focusing on Allred’s support for radical gender ideology in schools.
“He said not a word about his own record. I have to admit the beginning of it it reminded me of Kamala Harris in our debates answering everything, ‘look i was born in the middle class,’” Cruz began. “It’s lines that sound nice that ignore his record.”
The two-term U.S. senator then pointed to his opponent’s support of numerous pieces of legislation that enshrine radical gender ideology in schools and government functions. “He has come out for men playing in women’s sports, for boys playing in girls 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 in girls’ bathrooms, in their locker rooms and their changing rooms. He voted for it. That is his record,” Cruz said.
Allred has recently attempted to sprint away from his previous support for men competing in women’s sports, claiming earlier this week that he is now against it despite his support for the Equality Act. “Number two, there was a bill, it was a very simple bill, it was narrowly defined. It was protecting women and girls’ sports. He voted no. The only issue on that bill was whether biological boys should compete against our daughters,” Cruz continued. “That’s not fair. Congressman Allred was an NFL linebacker. It is not fair for a man to compete against women.”
The congressman glared at Cruz as he delivered his rebuttal, a theme that was common throughout the night.
The Republican incumbent also pointed to his opponent’s support for the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” which would have mandated the participation of boys in women’s and girl’s sports. “And just two weeks ago, Congressman Allred joined 100 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 is his voting record.
Elsewhere in the debate, Allred claimed Cruz was a “threat to Democracy” for objecting to the 2020 presidential election results. Cruz joined a handful of his Republican colleagues in refusing to certify the election due to widespread allegations of voter fraud that were not properly investigated.
The Texas senator immediately flipped the attack back on his opponent, who once again glared at Cruz as he delivered his response.
“His voting record is radical and extreme. And you want to talk about threats to democracy, let’s take a vote that just happened a few weeks ago on the floor of the House, the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act provided that in order to register to vote, you’ve got to prove you’re an American citizen,” Cruz responded.
“Congressman Allred voted no. Eleven and a half million illegal immigrants have come into this country under Kamala Harris and Colin Allred’s open border policies, and Congressman Allred votes no to protecting our elections and ensuring that people don’t vote illegally,” he continued.
“That is a threat to democracy.
