Mid-term elections in Texas are the focus of the country – El Financiero

LAREDO, Texas.- Mid-term elections will be held in the United States this November 8, and the most closely-fought campaigns are those in southern Texas for the area’s relevance, which captures national attention.

Just to promote his campaign, recognition and above all to strengthen this area of ​​Texas, Governor Gregg Abbot and his incumbent Beto O’Rourke were in the city of Laredo.

Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton is making a last-minute push as Democratic candidates for Congress are locked in tight contests across the southern lone star state.

Democratic candidates have been subjected to misleading advertising sponsored by groups accusing them of fraud and even denouncing candidates for protecting Mexico’s criminal cartels.

Former President Clinton points out that the nation is in danger and therefore makes lightning-fast journeys in support of Democratic candidates; on Sunday he joined a march to support US Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada in Las Vegas.

Additionally, Clinton traveled to Laredo on Monday morning to support US Representative Henry Cuellar, and was later supposed to visit the McAllen area of ​​the Rio Grande Valley to support Michelle Vallejo, who is also in the running for congress.

Clinton highlighted Cuellar’s efforts on immigration reform, noting that the Congressman supported the Biden administration’s key legislative achievements, starting with his $ 1.9 billion COVID cleanup bill. 19. Additionally, the former president warned that if Republicans win a majority in the House on Tuesday, they could try to cut Medicare and Social Security, as well as renew efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

“Their future – Laredo’s – is in danger, as is that of my grandchildren,” Clinton said.

Cuellar is racing to defend his seat against Republican Cassy Garcia in one of the three South Texas boroughs the GOP is targeting, hoping to gain new ground among Hispanic voters.

US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, and Ronna McDaniel, head of the National Republican Party, were in McAllen Sunday night for a rally with the three GOP candidates. US Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Campaigned for Vallejo last week.

Republican contenders, all Hispanic women, protested Clinton’s visit, citing his history as a womanizer, including his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, then 22-year-old White House intern.

“We are not at all surprised that the Cuellar cartel is taking a scoundrel to South Texas to try to take down a young woman, but it won’t work,” Garcia’s campaign spokesperson Brittany McGivern said in a statement.

Clinton met candidate Vallejo in Edinburgh, a city in the Texas Valley. Vallejo is racing against Republican Monica de la Cruz, who recently called the former president in an editorial, complaining that Democrats have drifted away from her “pro-growth” message that was popular with Latins.