Texas Democrat launches a racist attack on Mayra Flores
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Tex.) recently came under fire after a hired political operative, Texas political blogger Jerry McHale, launched a series of bigoted attacks on his opponent Mayra Flores (R-Tex.).
In numerous posts, McHale referred to Flores as “Miss Frijoles” and “Miss Enchiladas.” McHale also questioned Flores’s account that she worked in cotton fields with her Mexican immigrant parents as a child, attacking her as a “cotton pickin’ liar.”
NBC News reported that Gonzalez’s campaign gave the McHale Report $1,200 in June for “advertising services,” according to the Federal Election Commission, as well as $1,000 in October last year.
Flores’s surprise victory in June during special elections for Texas's 34th congressional district made her the first Latina Republican born in Mexico to be elected to Congress.
This was a major election victory for the GOP because the Latino-dominated district hasn’t been represented by Republicans since 1871. Flores’s victory elevated her to the national spotlight.
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