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Vice President Kamala Harris is making a grand entrance into Texas, seemingly just in time to rescue yet another doomed Democratic campaign. Scheduled for Friday, her visit to Houston aims to promote the Democrats’ latest obsession—abortion—while juggling support for Rep. Colin Allred, who’s in the enviable position of trying to unseat Republican Senator Ted Cruz. However, the timing is curious; just before this Texas tour, Harris took a rare break from campaigning, likely because she needed to prep for her “pretaped” interviews, which aren’t exactly instant classics.
This surprising Texas stop marks Harris’s first trip to the Lone Star State since securing the Democratic presidential nomination over two months ago. Reports indicate that this rally will be Allred’s and Harris’s first joint appearance of the election cycle—hardly a winning strategy when attention might be better vestured elsewhere. Although Democrats are counting on this race to provide a glimmer of hope for picking up a Senate seat, many observers note that calling Allred’s chances competitive is like pitting a goldfish against a shark.
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Details regarding the exact location of the Harris rally remain shrouded in mystery, but it’s expected to be held between 3 and 8 p.m. on Friday. The anticipation builds—much like inflation under Democratic leadership—yet the fundraising efforts seem to lean heavily on the same themes. Cygnal’s Brent Buchanan summed it up nicely by stating that Democrats are addicted to touting “Abortion, abortion, and more abortion.” Allred may be a lost cause, but Harris is determined to mobilize voters, especially non-college-educated women, to rally around the topic.
Interestingly, this presidential visit is touted as a major event, unprecedented in the closing days of an election cycle for Texas Democrats. Harris’s campaign event shines a spotlight on a state that Democrats desperately want to persuade is in play. Though Cruz appears comfortable in his campaign, consistently leading in the polls, Harris’s focus on Texas seems more like a panic move than a strategic one. After all, she has spent the majority of her time prioritizing battlefields that actually stand a chance of swinging Democratic.
Democrats refuse to back down from their central theme of abortion, advocating for the Women’s Health Protection Act, which critics argue goes far beyond mere codification of Roe v. Wade. It would effectively allow for unrestricted abortions in all 50 states, with many conservatives viewing this as a deeply troubling overreach of power. While Harris and Allred continuously promote their agenda under the guise of protecting women’s health, Cruz has been quite the effective adversary, continuously linking Allred to Harris’s radical policies. Throughout their recent debate, Cruz made it clear that Allred’s platform mirrors that of the Biden administration and its liberal cronies, revealing a clear pattern of alignment that may not bode well for the challenger.
Ultimately, the competitive edge seen in the polling for Cruz remains encouraging for conservatives, with a RealClearPolitics assessment giving Cruz a +4.2 lead over Allred. Meanwhile, Donald Trump looks to maintain his dominance in Texas, leading Harris by +6, suggesting that the state’s blue aspirations remain wishful thinking. As Harris and Allred gear up to rally their supporters, the picture is clear: Texas remains redder than ever, despite the Democrats’ best efforts to paint it blue.
