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Mayra Flores
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When a Socialist or Communist says that he is going to end poverty, he refers to his own.
Cuando un Socialista o Comunista dice que va a acabar con la pobreza se refiere a la de el.
Ethnic politics began almost as soon as the Irish stepped off the boats in the nineteenth century, starting in tight-knit communities organized around the Roman Catholic Church. When they became citizens, their choice of party was an easy one: Andrew Jackson’s Democrats — the “party of the people” fighting against the mercantile interests most closely aligned with England, the colonial oppressor they despised. The next wave of arrivals, from Italy, were harder to wrangle politically, having come from the country’s south, where national government barely existed. They were migrant workers who went back and forth to their country of origin freely, loyal to their local villages rather than any nation or political party.
They all rallied behind John F. Kennedy, who received 78 percent of the white Catholic vote in 1960. ...
For Democrats, this was not how things were meant to go. Hispanics were supposed to be part of an “emerging Democratic majority” consisting of educated and non-white voters, whose growing numbers and Democratic lean were supposed to sound the death knell for conservative politics. The theory began to show cracks with the election of Donald Trump. A further blow was dealt in 2020, when Trump nearly won the Electoral College with a coalition that fused increases among minority voters with continued strength among working-class whites. ...
The left’s ill-conceived focus on skin color ignored the fact that Hispanics always had more in common with nineteenth-century European immigrants than with Blacks. Like white Catholics, Hispanics chose to come to America, thinking they might build a better life here. ...
This June, Mayra Flores became the first Republican in more than a century to win a congressional seat there. She is defending it under more Democratic lines, and polls show her to be competitive. Flores is part of a trio of Latina Republicans — Monica de la Cruz in the 15th district next door and Cassy Garcia in the Laredo-based 28th district — who could make the Valley solid red in the next Congress. ...
The left has also lost the plot on border security, falsely assuming that Hispanics are activists for open borders. By a two-to-one margin — more in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Hispanics choose stronger border security over letting in more asylum-seekers. The border patrol is a top employer in the region, and illegal migration is seen as an unwelcome incursion that makes their own neighborhoods less safe. ...
It is too soon to tell if Republicans will be successful in riding economic themes and border security to victory in the Valley’s three Congressional seats. Right now, they are favored in one — de la Cruz’s 15th — while the others are uphill fights against longtime Democratic incumbents. But even coming close would signal a durable shift among Hispanic voters in a region where Democratic incumbents were winning by more than twenty points in 2016. In either event, the long-term trajectory of Hispanics seems clear.
It is too soon to tell if Republicans will be successful in riding economic themes and border security to victory in the Valley’s three Congressional seats. Right now, they are favored in one — de la Cruz’s 15th — while the others are uphill fights against longtime Democratic incumbents.
Texas already voted against Biden in 2020.
I maintain that this election is going to be a historic blowout, red tsunami
Hahahah. 538 bullshit polls.
I maintain that this election is going to be a historic blowout, red tsunami
Shaman says
I maintain that this election is going to be a historic blowout, red tsunami
I hope you are right, but I predict massive, after-hours vote dumps in critical districts. That is, if Oz pulls the lead in Pennsylvania after polls close, sudden influxes of Dem ballots will flood Pittsburgh and Philly in the wee hours of the next day.
cisTits says
Hahahah. 538 bullshit polls.
Yes, 538 is owned by Nate Silver :-/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver#Personal_life
There is always other resources or references like Real Clear Politics.
Gas prices are the key. Why is Bidet selling our Strategic oil reserve? With gas at $4 in TX he would be voted out of his depends, now he has a slight chance.
I paid $2.90 to fill up near my new TX rental. So glad I got out of CA!
I heard the strategic reserves are getting emptied again to keep the gas "low" until the election.
Gonzales replaced Hurd. Hurd barely won. Gonzales looks a lot stronger and even more conservative.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/texas/23/
I'm not sure who Vincente Gonzales is but he is winning in the polls against Flores.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/texas/34/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas#District_34
Good for you, I paid $6.0x (regular 87) at Costco yesterday. I heard the strategic reserves are getting emptied again to keep the gas "low" until the election.
Gonzalez is a good ol' Texas Mexican Catholic so he will be re-elected.
Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) on Wednesday blasted Democrats‘ “bias toward conservative Latinas” after it was reported that Flores, the first Mexican-born woman ever elected to Congress, was denied acceptance to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) because she’s a Republican.
The CHC confirmed Wednesday that Flores was denied entry, in part, because she’s a Republican, after Townhall first reported on the reason for the rejection based on sourcing.
She actually means "bias against conservative Latinas". And she's right.
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This is clearly internalized whiteness and racism by 84 % Hispanic district, and bodes really well for Fall elections for D's.
Despite Ms Flores being 1st or 2nd ever US Representative born in Mexico, and a WOMYN OF COLOR! you won't find this on first page of CNN, at least as of now. Instead, what is important is "Mixed results for Republicans who angered Trump".
https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/texas/special-election/us-house-district-34
ERROR PROGRESSIVE BRAIN CANT COMPUTE DIVIDE BY 0 WOMYN OF COLOR SUPPORTS TRUMP AND IS ELECTED IN MINORITY DISTRICT