{"id":1595433,"date":"2022-08-08T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T00:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1595433"},"modified":"2022-08-08T20:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T00:55:28","slug":"exclusive-meet-the-woman-trying-to-unseat-one-of-texas-democratic-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-meet-the-woman-trying-to-unseat-one-of-texas-democratic-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Meet The Woman Trying To Unseat One Of Texas\u2019 Democratic Reps"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fexclusive-meet-the-woman-trying-to-unseat-one-of-texas-democratic-reps%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=1595433&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>Cassy Garcia hopes to unseat Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar with a conservative agenda focused on border security, the economy and energy independence, she told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an exclusive interview.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of everything I\u2019ve done and I want to work so hard for everybody in District 28. I believe in the American dream, I\u2019m living the American dream and I want everybody to continue living the American dream,\u201d Garcia told the DCNF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Garcia argues that she can be part of the \u201cred wave\u201d of Latina Republicans, like Rep. Mayra Flores, who recently won a competitive race in south Texas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Republican candidate Cassy Garcia believes she has what it takes to beat Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar as part of an expected \u201cred wave\u201d in south Texas, she told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Texas%27_28th_Congressional_District#2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">represented<\/a> the district since 2004, is one of the only Democrats to support efforts to secure the border and to have taken a pro-life <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/henry-cuellar-one-democrat-against-womens-health-protection-act-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">position<\/a>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/30\/exclusive-my-night-at-the-border-with-operation-lone-star-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: My Night At The Border With \u2018Operation Lone Star\u2019 In Texas)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Garcia says her resolve to secure the border and to support constituents struggling with higher prices due to inflation will help her defeat Cuellar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s completely out of touch with the district and my message is gonna be focused on jobs, on securing our border, how do we become energy independent. The administration wants to keep spending, we\u2019re in this mess because of all the spending of money we don\u2019t have,\u201d Garcia, who served as Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s deputy state director and commissioner for the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuellar says all the right things, but he\u2019s done nothing to secure our southern border,\u201d said Garcia, who\u2019s won the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Border Patrol union broke from its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1483194347789197316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pEQKqD28C0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsement<\/a> of Cuellar in 2020 to back Garcia. Cuellar has voted with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 94% of the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/members\/P000197-nancy-pelosi\/compare-votes\/C001063-henry-cuellar\/117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/cuellar.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted against<\/a> border wall funding in 2019, during former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Day 1, I have made my position very clear: I oppose the wall, the wall is not necessary, and the wall will not work. The Trump Administration\u2019s ineffective and wasteful border wall hurts taxpayers, wildlife, the environment, and my community,\u201d Cuellar said of his decision at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Cuellar co-sponsored two separate bipartisan immigration bills, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/bills\/117\/hr2839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> to open more processing centers at the border to better screen migrants and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3897\/summary\/00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another<\/a> to allow certain H-2B visa workers in non-agricultural sectors to not be counted towards the annual visa limit and to increase civil penalties on those who violate the terms of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/14\/immigration-cuellar-ice-border-democrat-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke<\/a> with the DCNF about his efforts to appropriate more funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was also one of the few Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/democrats-speak-out-cdc-title-42-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oppose<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s decision to end Title 42.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7215782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7215782\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7215782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1167518798-scaled-e1623863649948-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7215782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 12: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) delivers remarks during a rally for the passage of the USMCA trade agreement, on September 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Garcia argues Democrats are \u201cout of touch\u201d and don\u2019t stand for issues the people of south Texas are concerned about, including the border crisis. She cited freshman Republican Rep. Mayra Flores\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/14\/mayra-flores-wins-texas-district-democrats-carried-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">victory<\/a> in a recent special election, where she flipped Texas\u2019 34th Congressional District from blue to red after Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/events\/1537103451955527681?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">controlled<\/a> the seat for 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/blog\/red-wave-continues-in-south-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">predicts<\/a> Flores\u2019 win will set off a red wave in south Texas, where the party has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/03\/05\/texas-primary-turnout-republicans-rio-grande-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invested<\/a> resources in increasing voter turnout. From 2018 to 2022, Republicans more than doubled their turnout in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties in south Texas along the border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/03\/05\/texas-primary-turnout-republicans-rio-grande-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>The race is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considered<\/a> a \u201cDemocratic toss up\u201d by Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of these districts are going to be a lot of the pickups that the Republicans are going to get from this kind of significant movement of the Hispanic vote from probably 20 or 30%. In Texas, probably even more than that. It could be well over 50% of those living along the border. And so at that point, it\u2019s very difficult for him to win reelection,\u201d Chief Pollster at the Trafalgar Group Robert Cahaly told the DCNF of Garcia\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Cuellar\u2019s campaign did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassy Garcia hopes to unseat Democratic Texas Rep. 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