{"id":74113,"date":"2026-05-28T10:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrat-infighting-erupts-as-colin-allred-slammed-for-defeating-lgbtq-congresswoman\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:58:35","slug":"democrat-infighting-erupts-as-colin-allred-slammed-for-defeating-lgbtq-congresswoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrat-infighting-erupts-as-colin-allred-slammed-for-defeating-lgbtq-congresswoman\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat infighting erupts as Colin Allred slammed for defeating LGBTQ congresswoman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic infighting erupted after a handful of prominent lawmakers railed against former Rep. Colin Allred following Tuesday\u2019s runoff election win,<\/a> citing the Black Democrat\u2019s decision to unseat Texas\u2019 sole openly lesbian lawmaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the Democrat-aligned Equality Caucus\u2019 political arm, sharply criticized Allred for challenging Rep. Julie Johnson in the Democratic primary for a deep-blue Dallas-anchored House seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s no secret that, without Julie, Texas \u2014 and likely the entire South \u2014 will lose openly LGBTQ representation in Congress,” the Equality PAC co-chairs wrote in a statement <\/a>Wednesday. “Many in our community remain deeply hurt by Colin Allred\u2019s decision to challenge one of our own.”<\/p>\n

“As he moves forward, he bears a responsibility to help heal those divisions and rebuild trust with the communities impacted by this race,” they added.<\/p>\n

JASMINE CROCKETT BACKS COLIN ALLRED IN TEXAS DEMOCRATIC US HOUSE PRIMARY RUNOFF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The statement marked a notable rift in the party that has embraced identity politics, pitting a Black Democrat<\/a> who is straight against a White lesbian lawmaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prominent Democratic-aligned commentators blasted the statement as unhelpful to the party’s election efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Oh my god, this kind of whining is so off-putting. Straight people are allowed to run for office,” journalist Josh Barro wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

“Leave this s— in Woke 1, besties,” Tr\u00e9 Easton, a former senior aide to Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in response to the Equality PAC statement.<\/p>\n

The Equality PAC\u2019s attack on Allred also comes as House Democratic leadership has accused Republicans of trying to gut Black representation<\/a> in Congress by pursuing redistricting in southern states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“In addition to trying to rig the midterm elections, they want to decimate Black and Latino representation in Congress,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said of Republicans on MS NOW earlier in May.<\/p>\n

CENTRIST DEMS TURN ON FAR LEFT AFTER THE ELECTION: ‘IDENTITY POLITICS’ IS ‘ABSOLUTELY KILLING US’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Equality PAC contributed at least $484,000 to Johnson\u2019s campaign, the Texas Tribune reported.<\/u><\/a> Johnson also serves as a vice-chair of the group.<\/p>\n

Allred comfortably defeated Johnson Tuesday by a nearly 8-point margin in the Democratic primary runoff election.<\/p>\n

The decisive victory ends Johnson\u2019s short-lived career after she succeeded Allred in the House when he launched a failed Senate bid against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2024.<\/p>\n

The former congressman chose to challenge Johnson late last year after suspending his campaign<\/a> for Texas\u2019 2026 Senate race.<\/p>\n

Spokespersons for Allred and Johnson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democratic infighting erupted after a handful of prominent lawmakers railed against former Rep. Colin Allred following Tuesday\u2019s runoff election win, citing the Black Democrat\u2019s decision to unseat Texas\u2019 sole openly lesbian lawmaker.\u00a0 Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the Democrat-aligned Equality Caucus\u2019 political arm, sharply criticized Allred for challenging Rep. Julie … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}