Who is Mayra Flores? None of her ads or election materials talk about her education, her work experience or any prior government experience that qualifies her be in the U.S. Congress. It appears she supports Donald Trump, QAnon and making abortion a crime.
We already have too many members of Congress who share those credentials. This district needs a representative who will support a higher minimum wage, tackle climate change, fight gun violence and support workers and the shrinking middle class. We need a representative who will address the cost of health care and make the rich and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
Nothing I have heard from Mayra Flores fits the bill for the real issues we face, not the ones invented by QAnon and Trump.
Thomas Jaudzemis
South Padre Island
Raza wanted
for president
I’m seeing on the national news and political programs where the so-called experts are throwing names like Biden or Harris or Obama or Clinton or Trump or Haley who can run for the office of U.S. president. I’m 68 years old and a proud Chicano who wants a Garcia or Lopez or Rodriguez or even Rosales as our next commander in chief in 2024.
We are a very intelligent Raza whose ancestors were here in the Southwest long before the whites came from Europe or the blacks who were bought from Africa. Plus, our motherland Spain was a powerful nation.
We are 30% of the national population so we carry many votes that the Democrats want and Republicans need in order to win. I strongly urge my fellow Chicanos that we need to unite so that before I die I want a Chicano president who will make our tortillas and frijoles the national food.
Ricardo Rosales Sr.
Pharr
Orbán
opposed
It might be good if the segment of our citizenry who wish to preserve our democracy would take note of a major invited speech at the 2022 annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas. The especially vile speech was presented Aug. 4 by Mr. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary. For those who may be unfamiliar with Mr. Orbán, please know that he is an autocrat with a long history of anti-democratic practices. He has won four straight elections and has a grip on his country’s parliament that allows him to periodically amend the constitution to directly benefit him and his Fidesz party.
One of the documented methods Mr. Orbán uses to maintain control of elections is a fraudulent “chain voting” scheme whereby workers are threatened with termination if they do not vote for Fidesz. Another important part of the Orbán mode of control involved extensive gerrymandering resulting in redistricting that dramatically favors rural areas where his percentage of voters is highest. Sound familiar?)
The Aug. 4 CPAC speech by Mr. Orbán included vicious anti-immigration rants and highly divisive partisan rhetoric. His CPAC presentation occurred less than two weeks after a controversial July 23 speech in which he ranted about wanting to prevent Hungary from becoming a “mixed-race” country. It is alarming that CPAC apparently has high admiration for Mr. Orbán, his messages and his style of government.
As an appeal to RGV voters who are honorable, please reject those who hold Mr. Orbán in high regard and wish to replicate his style of government. We can and we should do better.
Roger Brown
Mission
