{"id":1712630,"date":"2022-10-26T21:48:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T01:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712630"},"modified":"2022-10-26T21:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T01:48:55","slug":"mayra-flores-the-first-mexican-born-congresswoman-responds-after-rejection-from-hispanic-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayra-flores-the-first-mexican-born-congresswoman-responds-after-rejection-from-hispanic-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayra Flores, The First Mexican-Born Congresswoman, Responds After Rejection From Hispanic Caucus"},"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%2Fmayra-flores-the-first-mexican-born-congresswoman-responds-after-rejection-from-hispanic-caucus%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=1712630&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>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mayra-flores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayra Flores<\/a> (R-TX) on Wednesday blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-slammed-over-trans-remarks-democrats-are-officially-and-proudly-pro-mutilation-for-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a>\u2018 \u201cbias toward conservative Latinas\u201d after it was reported that Flores, the first Mexican-born woman ever elected to Congress, was denied acceptance to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) because she\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CHC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/10\/26\/mayra-flores-congressional-hispanic-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> to the Texas Tribune that Flores was denied entry because she\u2019s a Republican, after Townhall first <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2022\/10\/26\/mayra-flores-prevented-from-joining-the-hispanic-congressional-caucus-n2615023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the reason for the rejection based on sourcing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the first Mexican-born American Congresswoman, I thought the Hispanic Caucus would be open in working together,\u201d the Republican reacted to the Townhall report via Twitter. \u201cThis denial once again proves a bias toward conservative Latinas that don\u2019t fit their narrative or ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the first Mexican-born American Congresswoman, I thought the Hispanic Caucus would be open in working together. This denial once again proves a bias towards conservative Latinas that don\u2019t fit their narrative or ideology. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqYjrGDJaU\">https:\/\/t.co\/oqYjrGDJaU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugqkKMk5sb\">pic.twitter.com\/ugqkKMk5sb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayraFlores2022\/status\/1585278720981483523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The caucus is exclusively made up of Democrats, and refuses to accept Republicans, including Flores, the Tribune confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bylaws from the Democrats\u2019 CHC explicits ban Republicans, a caucus spokesperson told the outlet, while refusing to comment further on Flores\u2019 request to join, which came earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">The CHC, the report noted, was\u00a0originally founded in 1976 and made up of both Republicans and Democrats, but the group fractured during the 1990s.\u00a0Republicans left the CHC to form the Congressional Hispanic Conference in 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Flores has been on the receiving end of Democrats\u2019 numerous attacks, including some centered around her Mexican heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Vincente Gonzales (D-TX), the\u00a0Democrat congressman who ran against Flores for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\">Texas<\/a> House seat, paid a blogger who referred to his opponent as \u201cMiss Frijoles,\u201d \u201ccotton-pickin\u2019 liar,\u201d and even more vile insults, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/miss-frijoles-attack-roils-latino-heavy-congressional-race-texas-rcna38787\">report<\/a> from NBC published over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales paid $1,200 to the McHale Report Blog on June 24 for \u201cadvertising services.\u201d After the payment, the blog has repeatedly and viciously attacked Flores, calling her \u201cMiss Frijoles\u201d over 20 times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-paid-advertiser-attacks-mayra-flores-as-miss-frijoles-miss-enchiladas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy far left opponent, Vincent Gonzalez, hired a local blogger to run hateful &#038; racist ads against me,\u201d Flores <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayraFlores2022\/status\/1549093565317406721\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cBut, I love frijoles &#038; I grew up eating frijoles. I am not embarrassed of my upbringings &#038; frijoles w\/tortillas de harina is simply the best. Here\u2019s to Miss Frijoles 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jerry McHale, who runs the blog, has accused Flores of being a \u201cTrump fanatic\u201d and defended his attacks as just part of the political game. He also posted on May 13, prior to the check from the Gonzalez campaign, \u201cDoes Flores want Trump to come &#038; take her p****?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The blog also included other attacks against Flores, including vulgar descriptions of her vagina and labeling her \u201cMiss Enchiladas\u201d and similar terms. Included in other posts is conversation with a friend who discusses not wanting to spend the night with Flores because of concerns about \u201crotten p****.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-paid-advertiser-attacks-mayra-flores-as-miss-frijoles-miss-enchiladas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat-Paid Advertiser Attacks Mayra Flores As \u2018Miss Frijoles,\u2019 \u2018Miss\u00a0Enchiladas\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) on Wednesday blasted Democrats\u2018 \u201cbias toward conservative Latinas\u201d after it was reported that Flores, the first Mexican-born woman ever elected to Congress, was denied acceptance to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) because she\u2019s a Republican. The CHC confirmed to the Texas Tribune that Flores was denied entry because she\u2019s a Republican, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1516104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1516104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}