U.S. Senate candidates Ted Cruz and Colin Allred held dueling North Texas rallies this weekend as the Nov. 5 election enters its final stretch.
U.S. Senate candidates held dueling North Texas rallies this weekend as the Nov. 5 election enters its final stretch.
Senate candidate Colin Allred speaks alongside women's reproductive rights activists during a campaign rally on, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Gilley's Dallas.North Texas is critical to both candidates. Cruz needs to rally conservatives in suburban areas where Republicans are dominant, while Allred needs a heavy turnout in Dallas County, a Democratic stronghold. Both hope to be competitive in suburban areas where neither party is dominant.
“I was forced to flee the state terrified and heartbroken. Ted Cruz is proud of this. He worked to get us here,” said Taylor Edwards,“We deserve the freedom to access the health care we need and to get it close to home from the doctors and medical teams that we trust. Instead, Ted Cruz criminalized us.”, a Dallas OB-GYN and plaintiff, also traveled out of state for an abortion after learning her fetus had a severe, fatal condition.
“I will be a senator for every single Texan, whether you vote for me or not, whether we agree or not,” he said.Cruz told reporters Friday that he supported the 2022 Supreme Court decision to leave the question of abortion rights to states.“You wouldn’t expect California to have the same laws as Alabama. You wouldn’t expect Texas to have the same laws as New York,” Cruz said. “That reflects democratic values. I think that’s the right way to decide it.
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