Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit the campaign trail in Texas this weekend where she told the crowd that the Lone Star State flipping blue is ‘inevitable’ while endorsing two Democratic candidates there.
‘Texas turning blue. Inevitable. Inevitable! It will happen. The only question is when,’ the New York progressive representative said on Saturday.
‘We are going to fight for a living wage. We’re going to make sure we unionize the hell out of this state,’ she continued, claiming that their support of Medicare for All, unions, and reproductive freedoms all contribute to her backing
Ocasio Cortez, 32, said that she feels if the deeply red state of Texas can flip, then the entire country will follow. Texas is the most populous red state, holding 38 Electoral College votes and 36 representatives in the U.S. House.
The House split of Texas representatives is currently 23 Republican and 13 Democrat.
“We flip Texas, we flip the country,” @AOC says. pic.twitter.com/Eg3c1vUj7C
— Priscilla Aguirre (@CillaAguirre) February 12, 2022
Some of Texas’ cities have turned increasingly blue recently, especially areas like Austin where young populations are moving in droves from other states.
But Republicans insist that Hispanic voters’ recent embrace of Republican ideals could help keep the state red.
Ocasio-Cortez was in San Antonio on Saturday supporting Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar’s campaigns, saying: ‘Here’s what is exciting about Jessica’s race and Greg’s race, is that we flip Texas, we flip the country.’
Her endorsements, however, are in districts that are already held by Democratic candidates – meaning rather than flip the seats she is hoping to hold them to keep her party’s razor-thin majority in the House.
Authored by Katelyn Caralle via Daily Mail
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