What They're Saying: Allred Closing Gap as Cruz Spews “Grievance, Anger, and Disinformation”

AUSTIN, Texas – With less than 70 days to go until Election Day, Colin Allred is rapidly closing the gap on Ted Cruz.

Here’s what they’re saying:

• “Cruz holds a mere two-point advantage… The loathed incumbent senator is in trouble.” (The Guardian)

• Allred is “within striking distance of Cruz” (Texas Tribune), “within the margin of error” (MSNBC), as Cruz is “having a harder time holding his ground” (KFOX El Paso)

• …in part because recent polling shows “Allred outperforming Harris” (Newsweek) and Cruz “running weaker than Trump” (The Hill).

As the rave reviews for Cruz’s self-serving campaign swing pour in:

Deborah from Tyler (Dallas Morning News): “We enjoyed meeting [Colin Allred] in Tyler… without the grievance, anger and disinformation that Cruz posited the day before”

Texas Tribune: Cruz “tells the crowd to pull out their phones and text ‘Verdict’ to a number that will reply with a link to subscribe”

The Texan: “The pitch to the Georgetown crowd, and probably every other crowd thereafter, included a prompt to subscribe to Cruz’s podcast ‘Verdict’ — the candidate’s personal megaphone”