THANKS FOR THE LIVE REPORT.
AINSLEY?
>> Ainsley: WE’VE ALL BEEN
EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT GUEST,
RIGHT, STEVE?
MEXICAN IMMIGRANT AND WIFE OF A
BORDER PATROL AGENT IS HEADING
TO CAPITOL HILL.
MAYRA FLORES FLIPPING A TEXAS
HOUSE SEAT RED AFTER CAMPAIGNING
ON CALLS TO FIX BIDEN’S BORDER
CRISIS.
CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT MAYRA FLORES
JOINS US LIVE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU!
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ainsley: YOU’RE WELCOME.
THANKS FOR COMING ON WITH US.
YOU ARE THE FIRST MEXICAN BORN
CONGRESSWOMAN AND YOU ARE A
REPUBLICAN.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> I’M TRULY GRATEFUL.
GRATEFUL TO GOD, MY FAMILY AND
MY AMAZING TEAM.
I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.
SO HONESTLY, OVERWHELMED WITH
THE LOVE AND SUPPORT HERE IN
SOUTH TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AS WELL.
>> Ainsley: YOUR STORY IS
AMAZING.
YOUR PARENTS MOVED TO TEXAS.
THEY WERE MIGRANT WORKERS AND
YOU WERE 6 YEARS OLD.
AND YOU BECAME AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN.
HOW -- WHAT IS THEIR REACTION
NOW?
BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK,
THEY WERE TRYING TO GIVE YOU A
BETTER LIFE AND NOW YOU ARE A
CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> IT’S TRULY HONESTLY
OVERWHELMING OF EXCITEMENT FOR
MY PARENTS.
MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER HAVE
BEEN THE MOST SUPPORTIVE
PARENTS.
I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM
THAT NIGHT.
MY MOTHER WAS WITH MY CHILDREN
AND MY FATHER WAS WALKING AND
GETTING PEOPLE TO THE POLLS ON
ELECTION DAY.
SO HONESTLY, THEY THINK THIS IS
A DREAM COME TRUE.
THEY REALLY HAVEN’T REALLY
REALIZED, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS
MEANS FOR THEM, IT’S ALL
SURREAL.
BUT YEAH, NO, THIS IS A WIN FOR
ALL OF US, FOR NOT ONLY FOR
TEXAS DISTRICT 34 BUT FOR ALL MY
FAMILY.
I ALSO HAVE FAMILY IN MEXICO
THAT MADE THE CALL TO
CONGRATULATE ME.
MY GRANDPARENTS AS WELL THAT
LIVE IN MEXICO.
SO THIS IS A WIN FOR ALL OF US.
AND WE’RE JUST SO HAPPY TO
FINALLY HAVE REAL REPRESENTATION
IN WASHINGTON.
>> Ainsley: AND YOUR HUSBAND IS
A BORDER PATROL AGENT.
WHAT IS IT LIKE LIVING SO CLOSE
TO THE BORDER?
WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING ABOUT
THE SITUATION DOWN THERE?
>> WELL, HONESTLY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE TELL ME NOT TO TAKE IT
PERSONAL BUT HOW CAN I NOT?
OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS JUST
LIKE MY HUSBAND, THEY ARE FAMILY
AND EVERY ATTACK AGAINST THEM IS
VERY PERSONAL.
IT’S AGAINST OUR FAMILY.
AND I WANT MORE CHILDREN LIKE
MYSELF TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
I HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE
COMING HERE TO THE UNITED
STATES, AND IT SHOULDN’T BE A
RARE EXPERIENCE.
I WANT EVERY CHILD COMING INTO
THIS COUNTRY TO COME IN AND HAVE
THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND NOT TO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH SUCH ABUSE
FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY CONTINUES WITH
THEIR POLICIES ENCOURAGING
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION KNOWING WHAT
THEY’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.
KNOWING THE ABUSE THAT THEY GO
THROUGH.
IT’S, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT
CRIMINAL ORPGSGANIZATIONS ARE IN
FULL CONTROL OF OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER.
WE CAN NO LONGER BE SUPPORTING
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON LEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER, SAFER
FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE SO THEY ARE
ABLE TO COME HERE LEGALLY BUT
THEY’RE SO FOCUSED ON ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
MAKES ME QUESTION.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE
WOULD WANT THEM TO GO THROUGH
SUCH DANGEROUS JOURNEY.
>> Ainsley: I KNOW SO MANY
PEOPLE COMING WITHOUT THEIR
PARENTS AND COMING OVER ALONE.
ELON MUSK TWEETED OUT I VOTED
FOR MAYRA FLORES.
FIRST TIME I EVER VOTED
REPUBLICAN.
MASSIVE RED WAVE IN 2022.
THIS IS AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE
WORLD’S RICHEST MAN.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
>> HONESTLY, VERY -- I WAS VERY
HAPPY.
AND I CAN’T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR
ALL HE’S DOING FOR MY DISTRICT.
WE NEED MORE OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM
THAT BELIEVE IN US AND HE’S BEEN
INVESTING IN THIS AREA FOR A
LONG TIME.
AND HONESTLY, WE’RE ALL GRATEFUL
THAT HE IS INVESTING HERE IN OUR
DISTRICT AND I’M GRATEFUL TO HIM
FOR SUPPORTING ME AND THIS IS,
ALSO, NOT JUST ABOUT ME BUT
ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN TEXAS
DISTRICT 34 THAT DESERVE, YOU
KNOW, PROSPERITY IN THIS AREA.
WE’VE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED FOR
A LONG TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY FEEL ENTITLED TO OUR VOTE
AND I DON’T CARE WHAT SIDE
YOU’RE ON, YOU MUST EARN THE
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ELECT
YOU TO BE IN THAT POSITION.
>> Ainsley: CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT,
WHEN ARE YOU SWORN IN?
>> HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
>> Ainsley: OK.
I KNOW YOU’LL HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.