{"id":1924097,"date":"2023-05-04T07:55:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-ted-cruz-fires-back-puppet-of-pelosi\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:59:01","slug":"texas-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-ted-cruz-fires-back-puppet-of-pelosi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-ted-cruz-fires-back-puppet-of-pelosi\/","title":{"rendered":"Texan Democrat runs for Senate, Ted Cruz calls them Pelosi&#8217;s puppet."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-ted-cruz-fires-back-puppet-of-pelosi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former NFL Player and Obama Administration Official Challenges Ted Cruz for Senate Seat<\/h2>\n<p>Another House Democrat has thrown their hat into the ring to challenge Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his Senate seat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-in-tight-races-play-catch-up-after-expensive-midterm-campaigns\/\" title=\"House Democrats in tight races play catch-up after expensive midterm campaigns\">upcoming 2024 election<\/a>. Rep. Colin Allred, a former Tennessee Titans linebacker and Obama administration official, announced his campaign on Wednesday, vowing to be a Senator whose team is Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Allred&#8217;s announcement video highlighted his journey from a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-announces-bid-for-senate-ted-cruz-fires-back-puppet-of-pelosi\/\" title=\"Texan Democrat runs for Senate, Ted Cruz calls them Pelosi's puppet.\">working class kid raised<\/a> by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">single mom<\/a>&#8221; to making it to the NFL, law school, and then Congress. He also knocked Cruz over various political matters and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catherine-cortez-masto-says-shes-proud-to-stand-with-avowed-socialist\/\" title=\"Catherine Cortez Masto Says She\u2019s \u2018Proud To Stand\u2019 With Avowed Socialist\">incumbent senator&#8217;<\/a>s record, including reports that Allred was the first member of Congress to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-last-blue-dogs-local-democrats-call-on-party-to-save-hyde\/\" title=\"The Last Blue Dogs: Local Democrats Call on Party To Save Hyde\">paid paternity leave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people say a Democrat can&#8217;t win in Texas,&#8221; Allred said. &#8220;Well, someone like me was never supposed to get this far. I&#8217;ve taken down a lot tougher guys than Ted Cruz. So let&#8217;s get on the field and find out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Cruz Campaign Responds<\/h3>\n<p>After Allred announced his bid, the Cruz campaign fired back, labeling the Democrat a &#8220;puppet&#8221; for House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and arguing that Allred&#8217;s record and values are out of line with what Texans want.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tedcruz<\/a> campaign response . &#8220;Not only does Colin Allred vote with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time, but his voting record is completely out-of-touch with Texas. Allred wants men to compete in women\u2019s sports, isn\u2019t serious about addressing the crisis at the border&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bwmxq3R8nW\">pic.twitter.com\/bwmxq3R8nW<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steven Dial (@StevenDialFox4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenDialFox4\/status\/1653765412448878595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz spokesperson Nick Maddux argued that Allred&#8217;s voting record is &#8220;completely out-of-touch with Texas&#8221; and that he is &#8220;too extreme for Texas.&#8221; Maddux also praised Cruz&#8217;s record, saying that he has been &#8220;leading the fight for jobs, freedom, and security in Texas&#8221; for over a decade.<\/p>\n<h3>Campaign Finance<\/h3>\n<p>In the first quarter of 2023, Cruz&#8217;s campaign said the senator raised $1.5 million, per the Texas Tribune. At that time, before Allred declared, he had $2 million cash on hand.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1683221023122000&#038;usg=AOvVaw16mjhcJj4v6BrDibEXrVFW\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another House Democrat is taking on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), whose re-election campaign immediately shot back at the 2024 election\u00a0challenger. Rep. Colin Allred, a former Tennessee Titans linebacker and Obama administration official who has represented Texas\u2018 32nd district since 2019, announced his campaign on Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m running for U.S. Senate because Texans deserve a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1924098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3755,4105,4912,9323,8631,4296,3740,6199,21439],"class_list":["post-1924097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-calls","tag-cruz","tag-democrat","tag-pelosis","tag-puppet","tag-runs","tag-senate","tag-ted","tag-texan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}