LAREDO, Texas - Jessica Cisneros interned for U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar in 2014, and the congressman later wrote letters to help her get into law school.
She is one of a half-dozen progressive candidates around the country who are taking on moderate House Democratic incumbents and are backed by Justice Democrats, the same political action committee that last year helped launch Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political career. “The myth that south Texas is conservative is just that, a myth,” Cisneros said in an interview this month in Laredo.
“I haven’t had a single person disagree with me on the policies, once you start explaining them,” Cisneros said, adding that “Medicare for All” resonates in a place where many people go into Mexico for cheaper medical care. The district’s poverty rate is nearly double the national average. “If we lose the independents because we are far left, then that election in November 2020 is going to go in a direction that we don’t want,” Cuellar said in an interview at a Laredo coffee shop.Cuellar questions whether taxpayers can afford a far-reaching healthcare program like “Medicare for All.” He doubts south Texas voters would favor the Green New Deal, saying thousands of jobs in the area depend on the oil and gas industry.
Absolutely not!
“Progressive” = coexist but only if you conform
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The reason why America don't want to vote Dems in.... this is it! Moderate is good, ultra is bad, I hope this Jessica realise this.
What? Cuellar is a Democrat? Why did he vote with Paul Ryan so much? Why does he vote FOR the corporations and against the working people so much?
Wow. So the district might turn from blue to blue? So much progress! I'm sure glad she chose not to run in a red district where she might have to, y'know, work for real votes.
No doubt left left
LOL
Please do that. It will spell the end of the Democrat party. Dummies.
TheLargerIssue WalkAway Hi. No doubt the GOP welcomes & appreciates the support this sensible, loving American chooses to offer. “The Left Has Become So Dehumanizing” Peace.
yes! go left, left, left
This, at a time when the democratic party still shows it has learned absolutely nothing from its loss in the 2016 presidential elections. These people make lemmings look like nuclear scientists.
Sexy progresive lady
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