Colin Allred appeals to black voters as election day approaches

Congressman from Dallas and candidate for the United States Senate Colin Allred makes the ultimate appeal to a voting bloc in Texas that leans heavily toward Democrats: Black voters.

According to , Allred actively participated within the campaign, including stops in Houston, most famously alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and Houston’s most famous star, Beyoncé.

On October 29, Allred also stopped at Texas Southern University, where he was introduced by Georgia State Senator Raphael Warnock.

During his appearance at TSU, an HBCU situated in the guts of Houston’s historically Black Third Ward, Allred solid his opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz, as an absentee senator who abandoned Texans freezing to death of their homes to flee to Cancun.

Allred also portrayed Cruz as a staunch supporter of policies that led to a near-total abortion ban in Texas.

According to ProPublica, restrictive abortion laws led to the deaths of not less than two women in Texas because some doctors are afraid to treat miscarriages due to state laws prohibiting them from interrupting the fetal heartbeat.

Also present on the rally was Samantha Casino, a Texas woman who was essentially forced to give birth to a baby that doctors told her wouldn’t live beyond a day due to Texas law.

Je’Von Tone, a 22-year-old Texas Southern student, told the Texas Tribune that he was enthusiastic about Allred’s visit and that he was playing a task for young, black voters, and Warnock introduced him on the rally.

Allred can be making more forceful appeals aimed specifically at black voters. In a recent fundraising op-ed, Allred’s campaign fanned the concept that he could grow to be Texas’ first black senator and opposed racially motivated voter suppression laws within the state.

“Black Americans have long faced too many obstacles, including discrimination and racist voter suppression laws championed by Texas Republicans like Ted Cruz,” the discharge said.

Cruz he also advocated anti-transgender policies during his campaign. According to , the senator’s ad campaign featuring transphobic ads is an element of a $65 million initiative by Republican Party candidates across the country.

While some Republican strategists imagine Cruz’s fear-mongering will work, some polls have Cruz ahead by just two pointswhich is inside a three-point margin of error in either direction.

Allred’s campaign manager, Paige Hutchinson, said the 41-year-old former footballer’s stance against transphobic messages stems from his belief that there isn’t a place for hate and discrimination.