Nervous NYT takes a closer look at Mayra Flores and 'the rise of the far-Right Latina' (not 'Latinx')

Over the past few years, the GOP has been making noticeable headway with Hispanic voters. And Democrats are getting increasingly concerned about losing members of the population that they’ve been taking for granted for so long.

So, how scared are they? Well, have a look at this new piece from the New York Times, and that should give you a pretty good idea:

As her own oath of office coincided with the Jan 6 hearings, Ms. Flores largely dismissed the proceedings.

“Honestly, my district doesn’t care about that," she said. “My district is struggling to pay their bills."

The MAGA Latina goes to Congress. https://t.co/gORkxzrrTs

— Jennifer Medina (@jennymedina) July 6, 2022

Lmaohttps://t.co/R1AHA5uRoz

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 6, 2022

Check out that headline.

Ah. pic.twitter.com/mj5Qhsthyr

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 6, 2022

For years, Texas Republicans tried to win the Hispanic vote using a Bush-era brand of compassionate conservatism. The idea was that a moderate’s touch and a softer rhetoric on immigration were key to making inroads with Hispanic voters, particularly in Democratic strongholds along the southern border.

Such was the Texas of old. The Trump age has given rise to a new brand of Texas Republicans, one of whom is already walking the halls of Congress: the far-right Latina.

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Two other Latina Republicans, Monica De La Cruz in McAllen and Cassy Garcia in Laredo, are also on the ballot in congressional races along the Mexican border. All three — G.O.P. officials have taken to calling them a “triple threat” — share right-wing views on immigration, the 2020 election and abortion, among other issues.

They share the same advisers, have held campaign rallies and fund-raisers together and have knocked on doors side by side. They accuse the Democratic Party of taking Hispanic voters for granted and view themselves, as do their supporters, as the embodiment of the American dream: Ms. Flores often speaks of working alongside her parents as a teenager in the cotton fields of the Texas Panhandle.

Ms. Flores, Ms. De La Cruz and Ms. Garcia grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, a working-class four-county region at the southernmost tip of Texas where Hispanics make up 93 percent of the population. All three are bilingual; Ms. Flores was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the other two in South Texas. Only Ms. De La Cruz has been endorsed by Mr. Trump, yet they all remain outspoken advocates for him, his movement and his tough talk on restricting immigration and building the border wall.

Per @nytimes, “extreme far right” positions espoused by @MayraFlores2022 are:
– America has borders, federal immigration law must be enforced
– Pro-life (as are most Catholics, many in a 85% Latino district)
– Her constituents care more about inflation than J6 hearings

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) July 6, 2022

Don’t you get it? That’s what makes Mayra Flores and her fellow far-Right Latinas so dangerous.

No doubt if I look up the NYT’s coverage of AOC‘s primary win, I’ll get similar framing, right? https://t.co/0J0kJcDMZq

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 6, 2022

Awkward.

Well anyway:

The reporting on Hunter Biden in then last year from NYT…. zero on the new VM and video…. and nothing on how the WH is struggling to answer any quetions on them..

but hey.. hot latinas are always good to report on pic.twitter.com/yeRsbfmJdS

— Ahmed Al Assliken (@assliken) July 6, 2022