{"id":1544355,"date":"2022-07-08T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1544355"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:19:44","slug":"republican-mayra-flores-is-keeping-the-faith-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-mayra-flores-is-keeping-the-faith-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Mayra Flores Is Keeping the Faith in Congress"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frepublican-mayra-flores-is-keeping-the-faith-in-congress%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=1544355&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mayra-flores\">Mayra Flores<\/a> (R-Texas), whose political Cinderella story made her the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress, isn\u2019t feeling any love from the Left.<\/p>\n<p>Flores ran on a conservative platform of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-god\">God<\/a>, family, and country, in a special election to flip Texas District 34 red for the first time in more than a century.<\/p>\n<p>On July 6, the New York Times labeled her and two other South Texas Latina candidates as far-Right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt amazes me that because my values are rooted in God, family, and country, the liberal media takes it upon themselves to attack me and label me \u2018far-Right.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at least they used the word \u2018Latina\u2019 over their other made-up terms. Seguimos Adelante!\u201d Flores said in a\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repmayraflores\/status\/1544718204538339328?cxt=HHwWgICyubrB-O8qAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper highlighted social media posts asserting Flores\u2019 belief that Donald Trump had won in 2020 and President Joe Biden should be impeached.<\/p>\n<p>The article questioned her use of QAnon hashtags in the past. It noted her pro-life conservative views and that her pastor appeared at her swearing-in.<\/p>\n<p>Flores has denied any connection with QAnon and told the New York Times she intended to oppose the group, which believes Democrats are Satan-worshiping, cannibalistic pedophiles.<\/p>\n<p>Flores has brushed off the criticism and is sticking to her platform, where she openly embraces, \u201cMake America Godly Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07\/MayraWinner2-1200x805.jpg\"><\/a> San Benito TX\u2014Mayra Flores (R) wins in the Texas 34th Congressional District special election June 14, 2022. (Photo by Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times.) <\/p>\n<p>It is key to understanding how Flores\u2019 path took her from the cotton fields of Texas to the halls of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>She told The Epoch Times that her faith became the driving force behind her decision to run for Congress, although she had little political experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt played the biggest role for me,\u201d she told The Epoch Times. \u201cI feel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayra Flores (R-Texas), whose political Cinderella story made her the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress, isn\u2019t feeling any love from the Left. Flores ran on a conservative platform of God, family, and country, in a special election to flip Texas District 34 red for the first time in more than a century. 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