VIOLENCE.
WE’RE SEEING THIS WITH WOKE
DEMOCRATS.
THEY HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK
AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY, BUT
AMERICANS CLEARLY ARE PAYING
ATTENTION.
WHAT WE SAW IN VIRGINIA WITH
GLEN YOUNGKIN AND EDUCATION,
WHAT ALMOST HAPPENED IN NEW
JERSEY... NOBODY WAS PAYING
ATTENTION IN THE GOVERNOR’S
RACE THERE.
THAT RACE COULD HAVE TURNED
RED.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NEW
JERSEY.
AND HERE WE HAVE MAYRA
FLORES, 150 YEARS, FINALLY A
CHANGE TO REPUBLICAN.
IT’S GOT TO BE REPLICATED IN
EVERY STATE, EVERY DISTRICT
IN THE COUNTRY.
NOW, REPUBLICANS ARE
PUBLICLY TARGETING 75
CONGRESSIONAL SEATS HELD BY
DEMOCRATS.
I EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GROW
GROW.
NOW, IF I WERE LEADING THE
REPUBLICAN EFFORT FOR THE
MIDTERMS, I WOULD TRY TO PUT
EVERY RACE IN EVERY STATE IN
PLAY.
YEAH, I’D EVEN PUT THE NEW
YORK GOVERNOR’S RACE IN PLAY
PLAY.
ANY WAY, HERE NOW WITH MORE
FROM HER BIG WIN LAST NIGHT,
CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT MAYRA
FLORES.
CONGRESSWOMAN, FIRST OF ALL,
CONGRATULATIONS.
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT IN
YOUR VIDEO.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON THAT
SOCCER KICK A LITTLE BIT.
SOCCER KICK NEEDED A LITTLE
HELP.
[CHUCKLES]
>> AW, NO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
ALL THE SUPPORT.
>> Sean: YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR LIFE STORY IS BEYOND
COMPELLING.
A DISTRICT THAT WAS --
>> THANK YOU.
>> Sean: A DISTRICT THAT
WAS DEMOCRATIC FOR 150
YEARS.
NOW, YOU’RE ON THE GROUND.
OBVIOUSLY, ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION HAD BEEN A BIG
ISSUE WHERE YOU LIVE.
TELL US WHAT CHANGED?
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS
BLESSED TO COME HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES LEGALLY WHEN I
WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
I WANT THAT EXPERIENCE FOR
ALL CHILDREN.
I DON’T WANT ANY CHILD TO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH SUCH
DANGEROUS JOURNEY, SO I’LL
NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY CONTINUES TO
ENCOURAGE WITH THEIR
POLICIES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
KNOWING WHAT THEY’RE GOING
TO GO THROUGH, AND I WANT TO
FOCUS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION
AND IMPROVE THE PROCESS
WHERE THEY DON’T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THAT JOURNEY.
AND, LOOK, WE DON’T HAVE TO
HEAR IT ON TV ABOUT THE
BORDER CRISIS.
IT’S HAPPENING HERE RIGHT IN
OUR BACKYARD.
IT’S VERY REAL TO US.
CHILD TRAFFICKING IS VERY
REAL TO US.
CHILDREN ARE INNOCENT NO
MATTER WHERE THEY’RE FROM.
THEY SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY.
>> Sean: SO YOUR PARENTS
CAME HERE LEGALLY, LIKE MY
GRANDPARENTS CAME FROM
IRELAND LEGALLY.
THEY CAME THROUGH ELLIS
ISLAND.
WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING.
WE ALWAYS DO POLLING IN
ELECTION YEARS.
WE BREAK THINGS DOWN
DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
WHAT WE’VE BEEN WITNESSING
IS A DRAMATIC SHIFT AMONG
HISPANIC-AMERICAN VOTERS,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, THE
YOUTH VOTE N PARTICULAR --
IN PARTICULAR... WOMEN
VOTERS ARE OUT THERE.
THEY’RE ALL LEAVING THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AT LEAST
ON PAPER FOR NOW.
WE’VE SEEN A FEW POLITICAL
EARTHQUAKES.
I WOULD ARGUE YOUR RACE IS A
HUGE POTENTIAL BELLWETHER
FOR WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN
NOVEMBER.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE
IN DEMOGRAPHIC THAT HAS
HISTORICALLY -- DEMOGRAPHICS
THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
COALITION, WHY ARE THEY NOW
LEANING TOWARDS THE
REPUBLICANS AND THE
CONSERVATIVES?
>> WELL, I FEEL LIKE THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS WALKED
AWAY FROM THE HISPANIC
COMMUNITY.
THEY’VE GONE SO FAR LEFT,
AND THEY DON’T REPRESENT OUR
VALUES.
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, MAYRA,
HOW CAN YOU BE A REPUBLICAN
WHENEVER YOU’RE BORN IN
MEXICO?
THAT CLEARLY SHOWS ME THEY
KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OUR
CULTURE.
I WAS RAISED WITH STRONG
CONSERVATIVE VALUES.
WE’RE ALL ABOUT FAITH,
FAMILY AND HARD WORK.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE.
OUR VALUES REALLY DO ALIGN
WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
BUT I DO STEEL THAT, YOU --
BUT I DO FEEL THAT, YOU
KNOW, PRIOR TO 2020, NO ONE
WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
I’M GRATEFUL FINALLY THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
INVESTING IN THE HISPANIC
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE’RE THE
FUTURE, BUT THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY HAS FULLY ABANDONED US
AND TAKEN US FOR GRANTED.
THEY FEEL ENTITLED TO OUR
VOTE.
THEY FEEL THEY DON’T REALLY
HAVE TO WORK FOR IT.
WHAT WE’RE SHOWING NOW IS
THAT YES, YOU DO HAVE TO
WORK TO EARN OUR VOTE, AND
THAT’S WHY WE WON THIS
SPECIAL ELECTION, BECAUSE WE
WORKED HARD.
WE KNOCKED ON THOUSANDS OF
DOORS AND MADE THOUSANDS OF
PHONE CALLS.
I HAVE THE MOST HARD-WORKING
TEAM.
THAT’S THE REASON WHY WE’RE
ALSO GOING TO WIN THAT
RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER,
BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO
OUTDO THE WORK THAT WE’RE
DOING.
>> Sean: WELL, BY THE WAY,
ELON MUSK VOTED FOR YOU.
I’M KIND OF FASCINATED WITH
ELON MUSK.
I THINK HE’S A GREAT
MODERN-DAY INNOVATOR, AND
HE’S A REAL TRUE ORIGINAL TO
ME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> I WAS HONESTLY SO EXCITED
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT AND,
UM, SO GRATEFUL THAT HE CAME
HERE TO SOUTH TEXAS AND
INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY,
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS
COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.
WE’RE ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
FAMILY AND HARD WORK AND
FINALLY, YOU KNOW, SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE, LIKE ELON MUSK,
ARE COMING HERE TO INVEST IN
THIS COMMUNITY, AND, UM,
WE’LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO
HIM AND SPACEX.
I CAN’T WAIT TO MEET WITH
HIM AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT
THE PLANS I HAVE FOR TEXAS
DISTRICT 34.
>> Sean: YOU HAVE CLOUT
NOW.
YOU’RE THE ELECTED
CONGRESSWOMAN.
SAD PART IS YOU HAVE TO RUN
AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, I
UNDERSTAND, IN A REDRAWN
DISTRICT.
WE’RE GOING TO FOLLOW YOUR
CAREER VERY CLOSELY.