COLIN allred: TOO EXTREME & RADICALLY LEFT FOR TEXAS

• Allred worked as a critical race theory activist and helped publish a book that attacked Hispanics who vote for Republicans as racists who are afraid of “darker-skinned immigrants.”
• On Voting for 87,000 New IRS Agents: In 2022, Colin Allred voted for the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376).¹ The Inflation Reduction Act had wide-ranging implications, including increased IRS funding for the hiring of 87,000 new agents, but it was often criticized for large components addressing climate change and hurting domestic energy production.
• Allred stated, “I certainly support some of the goals of the Green New Deal.” Video: (26:35) 
• Colin Allred voted for H.R. 51, which provided for the admission of Washington D.C. into the Union as a state.
• Colin Allred voted for H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, which was a sweeping voting, redistricting, and campaign finance reform bill. 
• At an April 2018 town hall, Colin Allred said “Would it be better had [the Second Amendment] not been written? Of course. Of course.”
• Allred stated he is a supporter of Medicare or All. Video (3:10 – 3:15): “We have to get to universal coverage. That’s why I’ve come out for Medicare for All.” Allred has called Medicare for All the “basis of [his] party.”
• Colin Allred has been praised as a “Justice Democrat” by Justice Democrats, a group that helped AOC win in 2018 and Ayanna Pressley get elected to Congress. Justice Democrats helped fundraise for Colin Allred and made a direct, in-kind contribution to his campaign. 
• As a lawyer, Allred worked on Soros-funded lawsuits² with Marc Elias and defended a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC & a radical, left-wing group. 
• On COVID-19: In February 2023, Rep. Colin Allred voted against³ H.J. Res. 7 rescinded the March 13, 2020, national emergency declaration issued by President Trump for COVID-19.⁴ H.J. Res. 7 received bipartisan support in the House and Senate and was approved by President Biden, despite initially opposing the resolution when it was in the GOP-controlled House.
• Colin Allred is part of an organization that has pushed (pg. 19) Congress to pay reparations for slavery to African Americans—reparations that would be paid for by every taxpayer.

Timeline:

1. On February 1, 2023, 11 Democrats joined 218 Republicans in voting to approve the measure. (no Republicans voted against it)
2. On March 29, 2023, H.J. Res. 7 passed the Senate 68-23 with 22 Democrats voting in support of the resolution. (Including Sen. Angus King of ME)
3. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed H.J. Res. 7 into law.t