{"id":1518257,"date":"2022-06-16T07:50:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1518257"},"modified":"2022-06-16T07:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:50:42","slug":"were-on-our-heels-democrats-reportedly-confront-campaign-leadership-after-republicans-flip-texas-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-on-our-heels-democrats-reportedly-confront-campaign-leadership-after-republicans-flip-texas-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re On Our Heels\u2019: Democrats Reportedly Confront Campaign Leadership After Republicans Flip Texas Seat"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwere-on-our-heels-democrats-reportedly-confront-campaign-leadership-after-republicans-flip-texas-seat%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=1518257&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Latino Democrats confronted their campaign chair Wednesday after Republican Texas Rep.-elect Mayra Flores flipped a South Texas seat red in a special election Tuesday, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia and Democratic Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar were among the Congressional members who demanded a meeting with Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chair and Democratic New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/seanmaloney.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Patrick Maloney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/15\/latino-democrats-election-texas-00040057\">according<\/a> to Politico. They reportedly wanted to discuss the Latino exit from the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that it\u2019s an intervention, but it\u2019s gonna be a hard talk. It\u2019s going to be a good, healthy family discussion,\u201d Garcia told Politico. \u201cThe DNC [Democratic National Committee], the DCCC, and all the Democratic national groups really need to take a hard look at what happened. I realize this is a special, but it\u2019s still given the Republicans a narrative to say: \u2018We flipped a seat.\u2019 And we should have done better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Texas Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, who is set to face Flores in November, pulled Maloney aside on the steps of the Capitol to implore the Democratic Party leader to make changes in Latino outreach before the trend seen in Texas goes national, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the DCCC learns their lesson with this before it happens across the country,\u201d Gonzalez told Politico. \u201cThey have just forgotten about the brown people on the border. And that\u2019s basically what it is. I\u2019m not going to try to sugarcoat it anymore. They are taking Latinos in South Texas for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The district Flores won was held by Democrats for 100 years, reported Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Illinois Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/gonzalez.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuy Garc\u00eda<\/a>, who represents a majority-Hispanic district near Chicago, told Politico the Democratic Party stopped financially prioritizing Latino districts, and the Flores win is the result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our historic disinvestment caught up to us,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWe\u2019re on our heels, and we need to invest heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hispanic vote shifted toward the Republican Party in 2020, and the momentum hasn\u2019t slowed since, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/bidens-approval-rating-falls-26-hispanic-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to recent polling.<\/p>\n<p>A May Quinnipiac poll <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showed<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating among Hispanics dropped to just 26%. Forty-six percent of Hispanics said they would support a Republican-controlled Congress over one controlled by Democrats, compared to 45% who support Democrats more, according to the same poll. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/silence-conservative-voices-hispanic-soros-latino-media-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018Trying To Silence Conservative Voices\u2019: Hispanic Orgs Fight Back Against Soros Funded Latino Media Company)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trend seen in predominantly Hispanic districts, like the 85% Latino district Flores won Tuesday, has Democrats asking why the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (<a href=\"https:\/\/dccc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DCCC<\/a>) isn\u2019t investing the necessary resources to keep these districts blue, reported Politico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sanchez (D) concedes in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TX34?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TX34<\/a> special election:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many factors were against us, including little to no support from the National Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jUk4npviC7\">pic.twitter.com\/jUk4npviC7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1536909415512776705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maloney told Politico he believes Flores\u2019s win was a fluke paid for by GOP financing. He promised that redistricting maps would allow Democrats to take back that seat in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I think the Republicans spent millions of dollars to win a seat that\u2019s going away. We\u2019re going to win this seat when it matters,\u201d the DCCC chair said, according to Politico. \u201cYou never like to lose, and I understand why people were upset by that. I think Republicans burned a lot of money, and we\u2019re going to end up with that seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Republican Congressional Committee (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NRCC<\/a>) Chief and Minnesota Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/emmer.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Emmer<\/a>\u00a0told Politico the Flores win was about the Party platform, not the amount of money spent on her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur guys were talking about inflation and the economy and crime and the border. What were they talking about? Jan. 6,\u201d Emmer said. \u201cThe border\u2019s a big deal, and they\u2019re not doing anything about it. We are actually more in touch with the voters than our colleagues on the other side of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latino Democrats confronted their campaign chair Wednesday after Republican Texas Rep.-elect Mayra Flores flipped a South Texas seat red in a special election Tuesday, according to Politico.Democratic Texas Rep. 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