'Texas can do so much better': Rep. Colin Allred blasts opponent Sen. Ted Cruz - The Last Word - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Fresh off his Democratic Senate primary win in Texas, Rep. Colin Allred joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss his plan to unseat Republican Senator Ted Cruz after winning the Texas Democratic Senate primary, calling Sen. Cruz a “me guy” who Allred says is only looking out for himself. - Aired on 03/06/2024.

[Abolishinist]

1. I saw this earlier, a very good, down to earth response by Mr. Allred.

"When I played in the NFL we had these guys who were always looking out for themselves, and we knew who they were.
We called them me guys. And we have a me guy in Ted Cruz representing us in the Senate right now."

I must say this is the first time I've seen him, he's a very impressive candidate!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I sure agree he's a great candidate though I really liked Beto O'Rourke as well, wished I could have voted for him

Though the priority is obviously to replace Ted Cruz, I can't believe that anyone actually likes him. When I saw Al Franken a couple of years ago when his tour came to my area (Albany, NY), it was no surprise that many of his jokes were about Ted Cruz ("I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz." ) - and he impersonated Mitch McConnell.

[Abolishinist]

3. Well, he repeated the same joke last November when we saw him at our local JCC!

Such a talent, it still irks me that so many turned against him, and even more that he didn't fight back. I firmly believe he was not only a dedicated and hard worker in the Senate but was truly altruistic as well. There are very few of those around in this day and age.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Well, I'm not sure if he shared that exact joke, but it is his most famous one! LOLA!

And I'm wondering if you saw the same tour show that we did. He spoke for over two hours to a sold out crowd with only a microphone, a stool and three three glasses of water. And he did mention SNL, but mostly talked about his time in the Senate. He said that while his Committee was waiting, Dianne Feinstein would often ask him to tell a joke and there was some arguing since not everybody 'got it."

And while he was speaking, he drew one of his famous freehand sketches of the United States and offered to sign it and donate it to a local Democratic charity. He got a standing ovation at the end and there were calls for him to run again. I sure agree that we lost one of our best and brightest when he stepped down.

[Abolishinist]

5. He was on tour when he appeared here,

but it was a bit different than his other performances on the tour. He was at our local Jewish Community Center, and it was a one-on-one interview, so a lot of back and forth. Two chairs, one table with water. A week or so after the performance I was trying to find out the interviewer's name, because he was really good, almost like they were traveling together, but when I went to their site his name didn't show up. I'm thinking he was associated with the JCC.

In the main, it followed close to what you said, he mentioned a lot about his time in the Senate vs. SNL, had a great interaction with Feinstein etc. We saw him shortly after the Oct 7th attack, and given the venue he did talk a bit about this. He was in favor of a two-state solution and was very pro IDF.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Interesting, sounds like a more personal interview.

I saw him as part of his National Tour Tour and I was amazed that he appeared at a site that close to me. Despite it being the Capital, it's pretty far Upstate. But his reception was awesome, as I said it was completely sold out. I'm thinking that it was November 2021 since masks were required and there were still sites which were yet to reopen. It sounds like you saw a terrific interview!