Anti-cop, anti-Israel rhetoric from staffers threatens Dem’s ‘moderate’ image

Texas Democratic Senate campaigner Colin Allred has surrounded himself pinch run staffers who person shared what look to beryllium profoundly progressive takes connected existent governmental issues — from nan warfare successful Israel and a prohibition connected "assault weapons" to nan abolition of national migration authorities.

The societal media history of Allred's existent run unit sheds ray connected whom nan Texas Senate campaigner has hired to thief him flip nan high-profile spot from reddish to bluish successful November.

Allred, who presently represents Texas' 32nd Congressional District successful nan House, announced successful May 2023 that he would make a tally for nan Senate successful an effort to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who has represented nan Lone Star State successful nan precocious enclosure since 2013.

While it is unclear whether nan views of run unit could endanger what The Austin Chronicle described arsenic Allred's "moderate-Dem case" against Cruz, nan Texas congressman has made clear his support for "stand[ing] pinch our state Israel."

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In caller years, nan run unit hired by Allred person taken to societal media to stock remarks from others, while sometimes posting themselves, astir issues that person been astatine nan bosom of governmental debates. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images)

Michelle Cedeño, nan integer mobilization head for nan Texas Democrat's campaign, has shown her support for Palestine and disdain for Israel successful societal media comments.

She shared another X user's post connected October 11, little than a week aft Hamas carried retired its battle connected Israel, that stated, "You can’t observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day and opportunity Palestinians don’t person a correct to their homeland." She also retweeted a post that urged individuals not to "talk to cops" and a station from Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., that claimed Israel was led by "apartheid-in-chief [Benjamin] Netanyahu."

In February 2024, Cedeño amplified remarks made by 1 X personification who accused Israel of committing "genocide."

Cedeño, who has been tasked pinch reaching millions of Texas voters and has sent aggregate emails to nan Allred campaign's email list, shared galore posts connected societal media successful caller years that are seemingly anti-police and anti-ICE. Additionally, Cedeño antecedently made disparaging remarks astir President Biden and an individual who now serves successful his cabinet.

In a January 2021 station to her Facebook page, Cedeño celebrated a news study that stated members of nan Austin City Council could usage immoderate costs diverted from its constabulary fund to acquisition 2 hotels to usage arsenic "permanent supportive lodging for group experiencing chronic homelessness."

"YES," she wrote, sharing nan article pinch her friends.

Cedeño also shared a July 2019 then-Twitter station from United We Dream Texas that claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "are cruel" and called for nan agency to beryllium abolished. She besides shared a Sept. 2020 then-Twitter post that claimed ICE was performing "genocide" done acts that "inspired nan Nazi regime."

Aside from her remarks astir governmental issues, Cedeño has straight targeted Biden and Pete Buttigieg, who antecedently ran for president and now serves arsenic nan caput of transportation, during nan 2020 Democratic statesmanlike primaries.

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In an Oct. 2019 post, Cedeño claimed that Biden has "abusive habits" and an "over-botoxed five-head."

Regarding Buttigieg, Cedeño wrote, "F--- this dude" successful a Nov. 2019 station to societal media and later expressed vexation erstwhile Biden appointed him to a furniture position.

"Bro can’t moreover return power of his constabulary section arsenic politician erstwhile they execution a achromatic man now you’re going to spot him pinch a WHOLE CABINET POSITION," she wrote successful a Dec. 2020 station to Facebook.

Cedeño antecedently made disparaging remarks astir President Biden and Pete Buttigieg, who now serves successful his furniture arsenic nan Secretary of Transportation. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

James Burnett — different staffer who serves arsenic nan governmental coordinator for Allred's Senate campaign, according to his LinkedIn floor plan — has made questionable remarks astir Trump supporters and has expressed support for an "assault weapons ban."

In a Sept. 2019 post to then-Twitter, Burnett suggested that Trump supporters are "Angry White People With Guns." In a abstracted station successful Aug. 2020, Burnett claimed that nan aforesaid Trump supporters are "racist."

"We said they were racist, we didn't opportunity they weren't intelligent," he wrote astatine nan time.

Burnett has also suggested nan U.S. should "abolish nan Electoral College" and took purpose astatine officials, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, complete immigration-related topics.

"Not gonna sugarcoat it, F--- you and your Wall," Burnett wrote successful Oct. 2020 successful consequence to a station from then-acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan. Last November, Burnett besides accused Abbott of being a "Human Trafficker" owed to his efforts to autobus migrants to different parts of nan U.S.

Burnett besides disagrees pinch Allred complete nan rumor of whether Texas should beryllium considered a "non-voting state," penning successful a November 2020 post to societal media that Americans "can nary longer make nan statement that Texas is simply a non-voting authorities anymore because Texas voted and we sewage our asses trounced."

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That comment, however, stands successful opposition to a remark made by Allred successful a May 2023 post to societal media claiming "the truth is Texas is simply a non-voting state."

Hannah Fishman, who serves arsenic nan integer head for Allred's campaign, is different staffer who has shared basking takes online that are contrary to what millions of voters successful Texas work together with.

Amid nan removal of a Robert E. Lee statue successful Richmond, Virginia, Fishman wrote successful a July 2020 post to then-Twitter that payer dollars "still money groups for illustration nan sons/daughters of confederate veterans and money salaries of abusive and racist constabulary officers," adding that nan "fight is only beginning."

Additionally, Fishman has offered support for a group that contributed to bailing retired alleged convulsive criminals by sharing a nexus to nan Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT) successful a June 2020 station amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. BALT is portion of the National Bail Fund Network (NBFN), whose affiliates are "regularly paying bail/bond wrong nan criminal ineligible aliases migration detention systems for organization members arsenic their cardinal action." NBFN is besides partners pinch Palestine Legal, an defense group pinch immoderate members that person reportedly defended definite panic groups.

Similar to nan position held by Cedeño, Jaycee Weber, who serves arsenic nan integer contented head for Allred's campaign, antecedently shared June 2018 remarks from New York Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calling for ICE to beryllium abolished. Weber antecedently expressed her "love" for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., successful a June 2018 tweet, conscionable months earlier nan self-proclaimed antiauthoritarian socialist was elected to Congress.

Allred announced successful May 2023 that he would make a tally for nan Senate successful an effort to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who has represented nan Lone Star State successful nan precocious enclosure since 2013. (Getty Images)

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The Texas territory presently represented by Allred, a erstwhile NFL linebacker who later worked successful President Obama’s administration, includes nan northeastern area of Dallas and galore of its suburbs, including Garland, Richardson, Sachse, Wylie, nan Park Cities and Rowlett.

Allred won nan Democratic superior predetermination for nan Senate successful nan authorities past month, beating 5 different Democratic hopefuls who had hoped to clinch their party's nomination.

Allred's run did not supply remark to Fox News Digital for this story.