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>> Laura: HOW DO YOU KNOW THE
MEDIA ARE SCARED OF THIS NEW
TREND, I’M SURE YOU’VE SEEN IT,
OF HISPANICS MOVING RIGHT?
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" SENT THIS
L.A. BASED REPORTER TO THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO WRITE A HIT
PIECE ABOUT THE NEW REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSWOMAN MAIA FLOREZ.
SAYING THAT SHE EMBRACES THE
EXTREMES WHILE SHUNNING
MODERATES.
SHE’S A FAR RIGHT LATINO THEY
SAY ABOUT HER.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHAT’S
SO EXTREME?
HER CAMPAIGN SLOGAN I SUPPOSE
BECAUSE IT WAS "GOD, FAMILY,
COUNTRY."
IT WAS MEANT TO APPEAL TO WHAT
SHE CALLS THE TRADITIONAL VALUES
OF HER MAJORITY HISPANIC
DISTRICT.
IT’S ALL SMEARING.
THESE PEOPLE PRETEND TO CARE SO
MUCH ABOUT THE SET OF MINORITIES
IN BUSINESS OF EDUCATION,
SOCIETY, POLITICS BUT UNLESS
MINORITIES TOLD ME FAR LET LEFT
DEMOCRAT LINE, THEY’RE GOING TO
BE SMEARED.
HERE NOW TO RESPOND TO THE HIT
PIECE, CONGRESSWOMAN MAIA
FLOREZ.
GREAT TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
I THINK YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY
ARRIVED, WELCOME TO THE CLUB.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SMEARED BY
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," HOW DOES
IT FEEL?
>> I HONESTLY DON’T REALLY CARE
ABOUT "THE NEW YORK TIMES," THEY
KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME OR MY
CULTURE.
WE ARE ALL ABOUT GOD, FAMILY,
AND COUNTRY.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE IN SOUTH
TEXAS, THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL FAR
RIGHT, IT’S INSANE HOW THEY
TREAT IMMIGRANTS.
I’M AN IMMIGRANT AND THEY CLAIM
TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US BUT
YET WHEN WE DECIDE TO RUN FOR
OFFICE AND BECAUSE WE ARE
EXCITED TO PROMOTE OUR VALUES,
VALUES THAT THEY ARE AGAINST --
THEY ARE AGAINST THE VALUES THAT
WE STAND FOR.
GOD AND FAMILY VALUES, THEY HATE
IT.
I DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES"."
>> Laura: IT’S A TOTAL BADGE
OF HONOR.
I’M SURE YOU WERE TOO BUSY BUT
SOCIALIST
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ WAS
DUBBED A POLITICAL STAR OF THE
FUTURE WHEN SHE WON OUT OF THE
BLUE BUT APPARENTLY YOU ARE A
FAR RIGHT MENACE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO LATINA WOMEN
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
WATCHING THIS TONIGHT WONDERING
WHERE THEY FIT IN POLITICALLY
AND SEE THINGS TURNED NEGATIVELY
IN THE ECONOMY AND SO FORTH,
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM.
>> AOC DOES NOT REPRESENT THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY, SHE
DEFINITELY DOES NOT REPRESENT
TEXAS DISTRICT 34 AND WE ARE NOT
WORRIED ABOUT THE WASHINGTON
NONSENSE, LATINX -- WE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF
LIVING.
GAS, FOOD, HEALTH CARE.
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE AREN’T WAKING UP AND THINKING
ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE SO DISCONNECTED.
IT’S REALLY SAD BECAUSE THEY
THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THAT’S NOT
THE REALITY.
>> Laura: I WANT TO MOVE
SOMETHING A LOT MORE IMPORTANT
TO ALL OF US BUT ESPECIALLY YOU
IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
TEXAS OFFICIALS AND LAWMAKERS
HAVE MADE A NEW CALL IN RECENT
DAYS, WATCH.
>> YOU HEAR THE TERM INVASION
AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.
IT IS AN INVASION THAT IS BEING
PUSHED BY THE CARTELS INTO OUR
COUNTRY AND IT MUST COME TO A
STOP.
>> RECOGNIZE AN INVASION,
INVASION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
UNDERMINING OUR SECURITY,
RISKING THE HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING OF TEXANS.
>> Laura: DO YOU AGREE WITH
THAT TERMINOLOGY, IS THIS AN
INVASION GIVEN THE SHEER NUMBER
OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER
EVERY WEEKEND EVERY MONTH?
>> IT REALLY CONCERNS ME BUT I
PUT THE BLAME ON THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE THE ONES ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO COME HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES KNOWING THE
DANGERS ARE KILLED THEY
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH
THESE DANGEROUS JOURNEYS KNOWING
WOMEN WILL GET RAPED, CHILDREN
WILL BE PUT INTO CHILD SEX
TRAFFICKING, THEY KNOW THAT.
YET THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
COME HERE, THE BLAME IS ALL ON
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
PEOPLE LIKE -- KNOWING THE
DANGERS.
>> Laura: CONGRESSWOMAN, IT’S
NOT JUST MOTHERS AND THEIR
3-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN CROSSING THE
RIO GRANDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Laura: THE CARTELS ARE
RUNNING THAT BORDER, I’M ASKING
YOU BLUNTLY, IS THIS AN INVASION
THAT IS BEING RUN IN PART BY THE
CARTELS INTO THE UNITED STATES
FOR INFLUENCE, MONEY, OR DRUGS,
YES OR NO?
>> YEAH, THERE’S DEFINITELY
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO
THE COUNTRY, I AGREE WITH YOU ON
THAT AND YES THE CARTELS HAVE
TAKEN OVER, YOU CANNOT CROSS
ILLEGALLY AND LESS YOU PAY
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
THERE IS CHILDREN AND WOMEN
COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO
A LOT OF HORRIBLE PEOPLE AND
TERRORISTS COMING INTO OUR
COUNTRY, PUTTING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IN DANGER, I AGREE WITH
YOU, WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM
BUT I DO PUT THE BLAME ON THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> Laura: THEY ARE LETTING IT
HAPPEN.
AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CLUB.
YOU HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY