Claiming that something lacks “context” has become a catch-all for many politicians, and Democrat Colin Allred is no different. The current House representative is facing off against Ted Cruz for a U.S. Senate seat and running surprisingly close in some polls. He also decided to blatantly lie to a local news channel about his position on the border wall and got brutally fact-checked in response.
ABC 2, which airs in parts of West Texas, recently interviewed Allred, and he was pressed about some of his past comments. Those included a hearing in 2018 in which he called the border wall “racist” and insisted his generation would “tear it down,” a statement Cruz allies have been using in ads. In response to the reporter’s question on the matter, Allred insisted “that’s a comment taken out of context.” The news station was ready, though.
