That day, Allred said in the video, he heard glass shattering and texted his wife to say, “Whatever happens, I love you,” then took off his jacket and went “to someone coming through that door.” also agreed to take the person.” they cruise vote against certification of Election results for that day and hiding in a storage closet during the attack.
“But that’s Ted for you: All hat, no cattle,” Allred said in the video.
Allred, an attorney and former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, was first elected to Congress in 2018, defeating incumbent Pete Sessions (R-Tex.). In November, Allred won re-election to his third House term by more than 30 percentage points. He represents a portion of the Dallas area.
“Some people say a Democrat can’t win in Texas. Well, someone like me should never have gone that far,” Allred said in the video, recalling her childhood in Texas, where she grew up as a single mother. He was raised by and never knew his father.
Because of that, he said, Allred became the first member of Congress to publicly take paternity leave in 2019. He took paternity leave again in 2021 after the birth of his second son, and a Outspoken supporter of National Paid Family Leave,
“Being there for your partner and newborn during this critical period leads to better outcomes for babies, dads and their partners, and men taking paternity leave promotes equality for working moms,” Allred said in 2021. .
Allred, 40, is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and serves on the House Transportation and Foreign Affairs committees as well as on the new GOP-formed Select Committee on “Armament of the Federal Government.”
Cruz, 52, was first elected to the Senate in 2012. He won re-election in 2018 by less than 3 percentage points, fending off a challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke. Cruz also ran for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, ultimately suspending his campaign after losing the Indiana primary and subsequently endorsing his main primary rival, Trump.
The 2024 Senate map is a brutal one for Democrats, who must defend — in a presidential election year — their eight seats in states that voted for Trump or supported Biden in 2020. Texas, while still certainly a long shot, represents the best chance for Democrats to take a seat, given that Cruz has suffered a slump in approval ratings. University of Texas Voting,
Cruise’s approval rating specifically took a hit After that moved to cancun with my family while millions of Texans were dealing with massive power outages and severe and deadly cold weather In February 2021.
After being spotted and confronted at the airport sharp criticism and ridicule Cruz issued a statement the next day, shortly before flying back to Houston after less than 24 hours in Cancun, to leave the state during a crisis.
Cruz then said, “Like millions of taxis, our family has lost heat and power.” “With school canceled for the week, our girls asked friends to travel with them. Wanting to be a good father, I flew with him last night and am back this afternoon. My staff and I are in constant contact with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas.
In the 2016 presidential campaign, Cruz called Trump a “distorted liar,” “utterly amoral” and a “quietly coward” as the New York businessman insulted Cruz’s wife, Heidi, and Cruz’s Cuban-born father. repeated baseless claims linking him to John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Cruz later endorsed Trump, being one of his strongest supporters in Congress and tried to turn Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
