I wonder how many people watched it? I figured I would just read about it later because there is no way I’m sitting through listening to disgusting Raphael Cruz’ bullshit for an hour or more.

[–] Johnmannesca 6 points 1 month ago

It was only an hour actually, so in all reality Cruz maybe only got ~25mins of speaking time. I wasn't sure of viewership count either, so I figured it was more likely to have viewers here than outside of the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Allred had a good chance to contrast himself with Cruz by answering the questions directly and I think he failed. He seemed nervous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Allred came across weak, because he has the same position as Ted Cruz/Republicans on some of their worst policies (immigration and Israel), but he has to slightly "moderate" them a little to avoid turning-off base Democratic voters. This is a problem with the Democratic party as a whole, and it's a losing strategy. Voters who strongly support Israel and being "tough on immigration" will be more swayed by the person that full-throatedly supports these position, and voters that disagree with these policies won't be swayed by inconsequential concessions to them.