Dallas congressman Colin Allred took the opportunity during his endorsement by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar to attack Ted Cruz.
SAN ANTONIO - Dallas congressman Colin Allred took the opportunity during his endorsement by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar to attack Texas Senator Ted Cruz for conservative border policies . Allred emphasized the need for federal action to secure the border, citing the deaths of 17 Texas guardsmen and the impact on local communities.
As the sheriff said, I was also proud to work with Senator John Cornyn on the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This legislation is already helping to save lives. It's not everything I wanted, but it was a start. As I was voting for it, as John Cornyn was voting for it, Ted Cruz voted no. He voted against keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of criminals. Ted Cruz is opposed to this, despite law enforcement officers supporting the measure.
Well, it's a federal responsibility. And when we don't act at the federal level, we leave a vacuum.
I don't see it that way. I see that this is a Texas issue, one that we have to have a Texas solution to. More than any other state we're impacted by what happens at the southern border. My family's from Brownsville, at the very tip of Texas. My grandfather was a customs officer there. It's personal for me. I want to make sure that we solve this. Ted Cruz has had 12 years, and he's refused to help us solve the issues at the border. When I'm there, I will.
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