'God, family and hard work': Texas Republican candidates set a course to win over Latino community
Mayra Flores affirms that Hispanic voters are changing their vote because they believe that the Democrats "are abandoning them."
Mayra Flores recently gave assurances that the Republican Party is winning over the Latino community because it defends the values of God, family and hard work.
With the midterms just around the corner, the Republican congresswoman from Texas was on FOX News program, The Ingraham Angle, together with Cassy Garcia and Monica De La Cruz, to talk about the reasons that could be behind the political change that the country is undergoing and how the Hispanic community vote is moving increasingly closer to the Republican Party.
The congresswoman again criticized being denied entry to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus because she is a Republican. "It's true. I became the first Mexican-born congresswoman ever elected in Congress. And that’s not good enough for them. And this shows a lack of true commitment for the Hispanic community. They´re just there to serve their political party," Flores explained to Laura Ingraham. A veto that, in her opinion, simply demonstrates how the Democratic Party works, which, according to Flores, does not represent the Latino community:
The American dream, shattered
Cassy García agreed with these statements. For the Republican candidate for Texas' 28th district, Latino voters are simply opting for Republicans because they see how Democrats are killing the American dream:
On the other hand, according to congressional candidate in Texas' 15th district, Monica De La Cruz, the Democratic Party is shattering the American dream. Democratic policies are, in her opinion, responsible for the Latino vote migrating to the Republican Party.
Dismantling the democrat arguments
During the interview, the Republican candidate dismantled another of the arguments that the Democrats maintain to explain the change in the Latino vote: racism. According to several Democratic representatives, the Hispanic community is increasingly racist and, as a result, votes Republican. Flores, on the other hand, assures that this is not a valid reasoning to justify the change. Hispanics, she says, are simply migrating their vote because Democrats are abandoning them: