{"id":1516619,"date":"2022-06-15T08:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516619"},"modified":"2022-06-15T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:07:11","slug":"elon-musk-celebrates-historic-republican-win-in-deep-blue-south-texas-massive-red-wave-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-celebrates-historic-republican-win-in-deep-blue-south-texas-massive-red-wave-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Celebrates Historic Republican Win In Deep Blue South Texas: \u2018Massive Red Wave In 2022\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-celebrates-historic-republican-win-in-deep-blue-south-texas-massive-red-wave-in-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire Elon Musk celebrated a historic win by the Republican Party Tuesday night in a special election in South Texas, saying it was the first time he had ever voted for the party. He also said it was the start of the onslaught that Democrats are going to face in the upcoming midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Musk celebrated the victory of Republican Mayra Flores, who flipped a U.S. House seat in Texas\u2019 34th Congressional District by beating Democrat Dan Sanchez. The seat was previously held by Rep. Filemon Vela (D), who stepped down earlier this year to become a lobbyist, as all signs pointed to a brutal upcoming midterm election season for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted for Mayra Flores \u2013 first time I ever voted Republican,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cMassive red wave in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores is now \u201cthe first GOP candidate to represent that area of the Rio Grande Valley since 1870,\u201d the Houston Chronicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/GOP-Mayra-Flores-first-Mexican-born-17240888.php\">reported<\/a>, and she will be \u201cthe first congresswoman born in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores is not the first Republican candidate to make history this election cycle, after Trump-endorsed celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-winner-emerges-in-republican-primary-for-u-s-senate-seat-in-pennsylvania\">won<\/a> the party\u2019s nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Oz is now the first Muslim to be nominated for a U.S. Senate seat by a major American political party, and would become the nation\u2019s first Muslim senator if he were to win in the general election against far-Left Democrat John Fetterman, who recently suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Flores responded to her victory with a statement saying that her \u201chistoric win will bring back God to the halls of Congress!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis win is for the people who were ignored for so long!\u201d she continued. \u201cThis is a message that the establishment will no longer be tolerated! We have officially started the red wave!! #TX34 God, Family, Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongresswoman-Elect Mayra Flores and the people of Texas have a message for Joe Biden!\u201d she added. \u201cThe RED Tsunami is here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congresswoman-Elect Mayra Flores and the people of Texas have a message for Joe Biden!<\/p>\n<p>The RED Tsunami is here!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TX34?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TX34<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveAmerica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XnjqASk69Z\">pic.twitter.com\/XnjqASk69Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayra Flores For Congress \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd85 (@MayraFlores2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayraFlores2022\/status\/1536935947945795584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The region has been devastated by Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis, something that has turned off many Hispanic voters that typically have voted for Democrats in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans have been eager to flip the seat as part of their new offensive in South Texas after Biden\u2019s underperformance throughout the predominantly Hispanic region in the 2020 election. Flores and her allies spent over $1 million on TV ads in the special election,\u201d the Texas Tribune\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/06\/14\/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe dynamic put Democrats into an unusual underdog position in a region of the state they have long dominated. Vastly outspent by Flores, Sanchez repeatedly compared the special election to a David vs. Goliath fight, with himself playing David.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk celebrated a historic win by the Republican Party Tuesday night in a special election in South Texas, saying it was the first time he had ever voted for the party. He also said it was the start of the onslaught that Democrats are going to face in the upcoming midterms. 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