Latinas Are Pushing a Political Revolution in South Texas--to the Right

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Latinas Are Pushing a Political Revolution in South Texas—to the Right
Monica De La Cruz, Mayra Flores, and Adrienne Peña Garza, all from Hidalgo County, hope to flip congressional seats across the region.

[cilla4progress]

1. I know some.

Not good.

[PortTack]

2. Once again...going against their own best interests

[Loki Liesmith]

3. This line of argument doesn't help us with contested groups

It comes off as us saying we know their interests better than they do.

[qazplm135]

4. That's part of our problem

People determine their own "best interests" not us.

The focus is to either find an interest we can speak to with them, win them over or neutralize an interest currently not favorable to us, or in some cases move on in favor of identifying and motivating new voters more aligned with us.

[OneBro]

5. Reminds me of the book "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

From wiki: According to "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (2004)," the political discourse shifted from social and economic equality to the use of "explosive" cultural issues, such as abortion and gay marriage, which are used to redirect anger toward "liberal elites." This, in turn, resulted in a Kansas which consistently votes against the economic interests of it's average citizen.

Of course, the people of South Texas, much like the people of Kansas, get to decide what is in their "best interest," not us "liberal elites" trying to pry the ivermectin out of their hands.

Personally, I'd rather spend resources trying to get one "unlikely to vote" Democrat to the poles vs the same energy trying to convince 10 Trump-Putin supporting MAGAs to switch parties. CNN and MSNBC and the rest of the "liberal media" already spend a goofy amount of time in red-state diners listening to how these "real Americans" feel.

[brush]

6. One word only. Idiots.

[vercetti2021]

7. Just like Cubans

They shoot themselves in the foot. But problem is, its not about what cons can do for them. It's the culture wars most these freaks onl care about. Whatever, let them figure out the GQP wants them all deported or dead. Hard truth for many