Ted Cruz’s challenger once claimed it would have been better if Second Amendment ‘had not been written’
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Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) challenger in the upcoming 2024 election, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), once said that it would have been “better” if the Second Amendment “had not been written.”
The statement that Allred made was during a campaign event in 2018 when he was discussing the interpretation and viability of the Second Amendment. During this discussion, Allred said that the Second Amendment states that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” adding that there are “two ideas” to this, according to video journalists dug up.
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“The recent trend has only been to focus on the right to bear arms instead of the well-regulated militia part,” said Allred. “So I just think we have to accurately apply it. Would it be better if it had not been written? Of course. But there’s no chance that we’re going to repeal any of the Bill of Rights amendments.”
In 2021, Allred co-sponsored a bill on universal background check legislation, with the bill criminalizing private gun sales conducted without an FBI background check. Outside of Allred, the other co-sponsors of this bill included Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib Rashida (D-MI), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
When asked about Allred’s past statement on the Second Amendment, his campaign manager Paige Hutchinson claimed that Allred “supports common-sense reforms and respects the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”
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“He proudly supported Sen. Cornyn’s bipartisan bill to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, which Ted Cruz voted against,” Hutchinson told Fox News Digital. “A highly edited clip from six years ago is not in any way an accurate reflection of Allred’s position.”
Allred, who has widely been seen as a rising star within the House Democratic Caucus, announced his run against Cruz on Wednesday. Cruz has indicated he is running for reelection.
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Original Author: Asher Notheis
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