First reported by FOX: A conservative super PAC is airing a new TV ad blasting Rep. Collin Allred, the Democratic Texas Senate candidate in a high-profile race against incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
Truth and Courage, a PAC supporting Cruz, is running a $3 million ad buy in Texas to criticize the Democrat for his past support for allowing biological men to play against women in sports.
“Texas girls are tough,” proclaims the 30-second version of the ad, which shows young women training for various sports, “but they're facing new challenges that they just can't beat, no matter how hard they try.”
“Colin Allred could have stopped boys from participating in girls' sports, but instead he voted against our daughters,” the ad continues, before showing a man wearing a jersey that resembles Allred and has the name “Allred” on it tackling one of the girls.
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A pro-Cruz super PAC is spending $3 million to attack Rep. Collin Allred (left)'s position on men's participation in women's sports. (Fox News)
“What kind of man does that?”
The ad also has a 60-second version, which includes several photos of Allred with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) As the photos are introduced, a narrator says Allred “voted against the Women's and Girls' Protection Act of 2023. He sided with woke progressives and radical Democrats, not with our daughters.”
The ad, which will also air in Spanish, references Allred's vote in Congress against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. The bill passed the House on a party-line vote and President Biden has said he will veto the bill if it reaches his desk.
“This is a sickening, false attack and another example of how Ted Cruz only wants to divide Texans,” Allred campaign spokesman Josh Stewart told Fox News Digital.
“He'll say anything to distract from dangerous anti-abortion laws that put women's lives at risk, he'll try to raise the retirement age on Social Security and Medicare, and he'll flee to Cancun in the middle of a deadly winter storm.”
Cruz won his Senate race in 2018 by about 3 percentage points, and some experts believe this year's election could be close again.
The Real Clear Politics polling average gives Cruz a five-point lead in the race, but there are worrying signs for the Republican incumbent, including recent polls that show Cruz leading within the margin of error.
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Rep. Collin Allred (Democrat, Texas). (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Texas will remain Republican in November and Ted Cruz will be re-elected,” Jimmy Keady, founder and president of JLK Political Strategies, recently told Fox News Digital.
“But Republicans should not underestimate the threat of losing this state. While Republicans will be playing in blue states, Democrats will be playing in red states. To hold on to these seats, Republicans will need to remain disciplined in their messaging and prioritize candidate recruitment.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asks Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Roe during a hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally convened by the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees on July 30, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Alison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital's Michael Lee contributed to this report.
