{"id":2218674,"date":"2024-04-11T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-challenger-proud-of-endorsement-from-soros-funded-group-that-called-to-defund-police\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:45:51","slug":"cruz-challenger-proud-of-endorsement-from-soros-funded-group-that-called-to-defund-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-challenger-proud-of-endorsement-from-soros-funded-group-that-called-to-defund-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Challenger &#8216;Proud&#8217; of Backing from Soros-Funded Group Advocating Police Defunding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fcruz-challenger-proud-of-endorsement-from-soros-funded-group-that-called-to-defund-police%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=2218674&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--><p>Colin Allred, a Texas Democrat aiming\u200c to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz,\u2063 proudly accepted the\u2064 endorsement from Reproductive Freedom for All,\u2063 a Soros-funded group \u2062advocating police defunding. Allred emphasized his commitment to reproductive rights and social justice while highlighting\u200b the organization&#8217;s stance on systemic oppression and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-corporations-consider-blocking-monetary-support-to-gop\/\" title=\"U.S. corporations consider blocking monetary support to GOP\">financial support<\/a>.\u200b The congressman has a history of receiving campaign \u2064contributions from NARAL, showcasing his alignment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olivia-rodrigo-hands-out-free-morning-after-pills-to-teenage-concertgoers\/\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo Distributes Complimentary Emergency Contraceptives to Teen Fans at Concert\">pro-choice advocacy<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;I am proud to earn the endorsement of Reproductive Freedom for All,&#8217; says Colin Allred<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tRep. Colin Allred (Emil Lippe\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Texas Democrat running to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz says he&#8217;s &#8220;proud&#8221; to accept an endorsement from a George Soros-funded group that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-sounds-alarm-on-far-left-biden-doj-nominee-who-supports-defunding-police-she-must-be-stopped\/\" title=\"Senator Sounds Alarm On Far-Left Biden DOJ Nominee Who Supports Defunding Police: \u2018She Must Be Stopped\u2019\">supports defunding<\/a> the police.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Colin Allred <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinAllredTX\/status\/1775541126390239740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touted<\/a> his endorsement from Reproductive Freedom for All, a Soros-funded nonprofit organization. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/reproductivefreedomforall.org\/news\/reproductive-freedom-for-all-endorses-colin-allred-for-u-s-senate-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> released last Wednesday, Allred said he was &#8220;proud to earn the endorsement&#8221; and that he looks forward to working alongside the group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texans&#8217; freedoms are under attack, and that includes the freedom to get the health care you need\u2014including an abortion,&#8221; said Allred. &#8220;I will fight to restore those freedoms in the Senate and ensure we protect access to birth control and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-sues-after-south-carolina-governor-signs-heartbeat-bill\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood Sues After South Carolina Governor Signs \u2018Heartbeat\u2019 Bill\">reproductive health care<\/a>. I am proud to earn the endorsement of Reproductive Freedom for All and look forward to working alongside them to beat Ted Cruz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The organization has long embraced the movement to defund police and repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reproforall\/status\/1383586085263998984?s=46&#038;t=oim-m1YrYES6xEWYj4Z4iQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for dismantling the &#8220;systems of oppression that are still so entrenched in society.&#8221; The group has also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reproforall\/status\/1292241693069266944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stressed<\/a> the need to &#8220;divest from law enforcement in Black and brown communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s past time to defund the police,&#8221; the group <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reproforall\/status\/1384616636267651073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in 2021. &#8220;After multiple failed attempts to change the culture of policing, it&#8217;s clear that police have not succeeded in reckoning with the generations of systemic racism, oppression, and state violence it has engaged in. We must continue to do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, the congressman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00637868&#038;contributor_name=naral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> over $13,000 in campaign contributions from the group, also known as NARAL. Allred did not respond to a request for comment about the endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, George Soros&#8217;s Open Society Foundations awarded a $4.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=Reproductive+Freedom+For+All&#038;grant_id=OR2022-87331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grant<\/a> to the Reproductive Freedom for All Committee &#8220;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-quietly-donated-140-million-to-advocacy-organizations-and-ballot-initiatives-in-2021\/\" title=\"Soros Donated 0 million to Advocacy Organizations and Ballot Initiatives in 2021\">support policy advocacy<\/a> on reproductive freedom in Michigan.&#8221; Allred&#8217;s campaigns have also received tens of thousands of dollars directly from the Soros family. George, Alex, Robert, Jennifer, and Jonathan Soros collectively donated $29,900 to Allred&#8217;s campaigns between 2018 and 2023, of which $13,200 was for his Senate run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00637868&#038;committee_id=C00839597&#038;contributor_name=Soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 activist organization has taken inflammatory stances on other issues beyond defunding the police. In 2020 the group <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reproforall\/status\/1316169183101620224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that white women &#8220;uphold the patriarchy,&#8221; and in 2022 it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reproforall\/status\/1482759606027829250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> &#8220;the right&#8221; of setting up barriers that &#8220;rip away the freedom to vote&#8221; from &#8220;Latinx&#8221; people, among others.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deliberate barriers set up by the right rip away the freedom to vote from all Americans, and disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and all people of color. And it needs to end,&#8221; said the group.<\/p>\n<p>While in Congress, Allred has voted against notably pro-police measures. Amid a violent crime spike in Washington, D.C., he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/116\/crec\/2020\/06\/26\/CREC-2020-06-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> against a motion to recommit a bill that would have required the nation&#8217;s capital to provide &#8220;adequate and continued funding&#8221; for police officers. A year later, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/117\/crec\/2021\/03\/03\/167\/40\/CREC-2021-03-03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> against a motion to condemn calls to defund the police.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Allred, a Texas Democrat vying to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, expressed pride in receiving the endorsement of Reproductive Freedom for All, a group backed by George Soros that advocates police defunding. 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