In 2018, Beto O'Rourke won 64% of the Latino vote in Texas; Hinojosa says reaching that same threshold would give her a winning coalition given Latino population growth.
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Jon Favreau probes the tension between Democratic assumptions about Latino voters and the 2024 reality. Hinojosa's analysis is pointed: Democrats have allowed Republicans to set the terms of the debate, spending energy on culture war fights instead of the core economic message. Her math is simple — if she hits Beto's 2018 mark of 64% of the Latino vote, she wins, because the Latino share of the Texas electorate has grown since then. [1] — Gina Hinojosa "In 2018, Beto O'Rourke won 64% of the Latino vote and came within 2.5 points of winning Texas statewide. The Latino share of the Texas elec…" 1:31:00 Taylor Ramette's 79% Latino support in the Tarrant County state Senate flip demonstrates what's possible. She is candid about immigration: she grew up on the border and wants real border security. The district attorney in Harris County, she notes, cannot prosecute child sex abuse cases because witnesses have been detained, deported, or are too afraid — making the current approach less safe, not more. She is equally candid that it is hard to ask Americans to be generous with immigration when they feel the American dream is out of reach for themselves. And she calls Biden's late-term border management a failure of leadership, noting that when she escalated the issue in December before his final year, a Biden-brokered enforcement deal with Mexico caused crossings to plummet almost immediately.
The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite eradicated from the US 60 years ago, is back in Texas cattle and spreading. Reporting indicates DOGE cuts slowed the federal response. Abbott has not criticized the administration despite Texas having a Secretary of Agriculture in the Trump cabinet. Hinojosa calls it a failure of Abbott's leadership and juice with Washington.
In 2018, Beto O'Rourke won 64% of the Latino vote and came within 2.5 points of winning Texas statewide. The Latino share of the Texas electorate is now larger. Hinojosa says if she hits that same 64% threshold, she wins — and a recent state Senate race in Tarrant County saw 79% Latino support for the Democratic candidate.
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