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Gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta take questions from the media Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta's ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O'Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
A Hispanic civil rights icon visited Rio Grande Valley residents in Brownsville and McAllen on Saturday to continue sharing her decades-old anthem, “Si se puede!” But this time, Dolores Huerta altered her well-known phrase in support of gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke.
Artist Cecilia Sierra screen-prints a “Beto Por Tejas” poster Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, during a stop in civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Economics teacher Sanjuana Granado poses for a photo with her daughter Raisa, 12, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 during an event for civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. Granado is a big fan of Dolores Huerta and was excited to bring her family to see her. “I never thought I would get to see her,” Grenado said. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Brownsville ISD teacher Connie Chavez holds up a sign Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for for civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Stephen Rodemayer holds a sign for state gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for for civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)An audience member boos when Gov. Greg Abbott is mentioned during a speech Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for for civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)An LED sign near the stage displays the message “Turn Texas Blue” Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for for civil rights leader Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is escorted onstage Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for her ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta addresses the crowd Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop for her ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)The crowd shouts “Si Se Puede” during the speech by civil rights activist Dolores Huerta Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on her ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke addresses the crowd from a platform Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A poster of state gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke is displayed Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Audience member, Green Party and Save RGV volunteer Gloria Thomas asks state gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke about his plans to help protect indigenous land and deal with the changes SpaceX has brought to Brownsville among other concerns in an audience question and answer session Saturday at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta take questions from the media Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta stands with state gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke as they take questions from the media Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta answers a question from the media Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at a stop on civil rights activist Dolores Huerta’s ¡Juntos Se Puede! tour with gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke at the Amigoland Event Center in Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
