A Tale of Two Latinas
Posted By: Moritz55, 7/7/2022 10:24:37 AM
Mayra Flores’ stunning victory last week in Texas’ 34th Congressional District shows that the culture war dominating America’s public discourse is not really about race. Her district, which runs from west of San Antonio to the border town of Brownsville, is 85% Hispanic, which is the second highest proportion in the country. It went for Barack Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020, albeit by diminishing margins. The region is now represented on Capitol Hill by a Republican, which hadn’t been the case for approximately 150 years. Flores’ story could not be more different than her headline-grabbing counterpart in the Democratic Party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. CORRECTION*
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A Tale of Two Latinas
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Mayra Flores’ stunning victory last week in Texas’ 34th Congressional District shows that the culture war dominating America’s public discourse is not really about race. Her district, which runs from west of San Antonio to the border town of Brownsville, is 85% Hispanic, which is the second highest proportion in the country. It went for Barack Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020, albeit by diminishing margins. The region is now represented on Capitol Hill by a Republican, which hadn’t been the case for approximately 150 years. Flores’ story could not be more different than her headline-grabbing counterpart in the Democratic Party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. CORRECTION*
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