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jlisenbe
Jun 15, 2022, 12:22 AM
Republican Mayra Flores is projected to win a special election in Texas (https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/texas)' 34th Congressional District, flipping a House seat after Rep. Filemon Vela, who held the seat for nearly 10 years, resigned in March and vacated the seat.
Flores, who had 51% of the vote to Democratic candidate Dan Sanchez' 43% when the Associated Press called the race, will become the first Mexican-born congresswoman to serve in the House. Her family moved to the United States when she was six years old.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-mayra-flores-flips-texas-house-district-special-election
tomder55
Jun 27, 2022, 10:50 AM
During a photo op ,Madam Mimi shoved Flores daughter out of the way .
GOP Rep. Mayra Flores accuses Speaker Nancy Pelosi of 'pushing' daughter during photo op (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/gop-rep-mayra-flores-accuses-speaker-nancy-pelosi-of-pushing-daughter-during-photo-op/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter)
The girl stood her ground .
tomder55
Jun 29, 2022, 05:54 AM
After the disasterous Mittens run for the Presidency ,the GOP issued an "autopsy " of the Repub party .
rnc-autopsy.pdf (documentcloud.org) (https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/624581/rnc-autopsy.pdf)
Mittens only received 27% of the Hispanic vote and the trend was downward after GW Bush had received up to 44% . This was a concern because the Hispanic electorate was the largest growth demographic, Mittens had suggested that the answer to the border crisis was "self deportation" . The report suggested that instead the GOP should out Dem the Dems in comprehensive immigration reform. " If we do not, our Party’s appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only.”
A funny thing happened on the way to the new improved Republican Party .Trump was nominated . You remember the narrative. Trump was going to forceably remove all the brown skins ala Andrew Jackson's 'The Indian Removal Act' .
He was exactly opposite to the autopsy's suggestions . His standing with the Hispanic vote slightly improved over Mitten's in 2016 and in 2020 was up to 32% .
His coat tails were reflected in how Hispanic support increased down ticket .
As an example , Rep. María Elvira Salazar of Fla won her seat in a district that Clueless won.
And the trend continues , Mayra Flores won in a special election to succeed Rep. Filemon Vela, a 5 term Dem again in a district Clueless won.
Clearly Hispanic voters are not following the script that the Democrat plantation wrote for them .
jlisenbe
Jun 29, 2022, 06:18 AM
They are, I believe, the fastest growing minority group in our country. The repub message should ring loud and true with them.
tomder55
Jul 6, 2022, 11:26 AM
The Slimes new game is to ask Repubs a gotcha question. Slimes Jennifer Medina asked Flores 4 times if Clueless was the legitimately-elected president of the United States . Flores refused to answer . Instead she gave a truthful answer without answering the question directly . She said “He’s the worst president of the United States,”
Mayra Flores and the Rise of the Far-Right Latina - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/politics/mayra-flores-latina-republicans.html)
jlisenbe
Jul 6, 2022, 05:46 PM
They would be wise to answer the question with a resounding "Yes," but then go on to say we must have more honesty and integrity in our elections to erase those kinds of doubts.
tomder55
Jul 15, 2022, 04:46 AM
Axios has a detailed analysis of what they call 'The great realignment '
The big picture: Republicans are becoming more working class and a little more multiracial. Democrats are becoming more elite and a little more white.
Democrats are losing their edge with Hispanic voters (axios.com) (https://www.axios.com/2022/07/14/republicans-democrats-hispnanic-voters?stream=top)
tomder55
Jul 16, 2022, 10:33 AM
Jill Biden compared Latinos to Bronx bodegas and to breakfast tacos .
Jill Biden apologizes to Latino community for “breakfast tacos” comment | The Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/12/jill-biden-latinos-breakfast-tacos/)
tomder55
Jul 21, 2022, 07:45 AM
Her opponent Vicente Gonzalez has hired a blogger for “advertising services,”who calls her “Miss Frijoles” and “Miss Enchiladas.” The blogger also disputes her claim that she worked in the fields picking cotton as a child . He calls her a 'cotton-pickin-liar ' .
'Miss Frijoles' attack roils Latino-heavy congressional race in Texas (nbcnews.com) (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/miss-frijoles-attack-roils-latino-heavy-congressional-race-texas-rcna38787)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYDtZIyXEAEdtCy?format=jpg&name=small
jlisenbe
Jul 21, 2022, 07:53 AM
It seems the liberal dems are prepared to do anything and everything in order to hold onto power.
tomder55
Jul 21, 2022, 09:15 AM
The hypocrisy is mind boggling .What would happen if it was Tucker Carlson saying those things ?