Hispanics' growing support for GOP in Texas

 Daily Wire:

McAllen mayor elect Javier Villalobos, the former chairman of Hidalgo County GOP in south Texas, told Fox News on Saturday that Latino voters are opening their eyes after voting Democrat for a long time.

“Well, during the past election, it’s amazing what happened here in South Texas,” Villalobos said. “I think genuinely the Hispanic community is very conservative, yet, traditionally, they voted Democrat. It’s amazing what happened this past election. I think our numbers as far as conservative voters were up by substantially. We finally, finally, have competition in South Texas. So I think it’s an open up the doors for a lot of people.”

“Down in south Texas, it’s a little bit different,” Villalobos later added. “Like I said, traditionally Democrat, however, they are, a lot of individuals, including older individuals that have forever voted Democrat are opening up their eyes, accepting different ideas, both social and economic. And that’s amazing. We will have some, I always tell everybody, competition is good. It has been traditional Democrats of South Texas have been ignored a lot of the times, it won’t happen anymore. We expect next election, that we will have the same type of results. We have candidates now running for Congress, when a lot of times it was very difficult to field a candidate down here, especially local elections, I think things are going to be changing.”
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We saw the movement in that direction in the 2020 election where Trump did better than expected with Hispanic voters.  Biden's border bungle has pushed even more of them into the GOP camp.  Texas Hispanics are not immigrants for the most part.  They are native Texans whose roots go back for generations.  Some of their ancestors fought in the4 Texas revolution against Santa Anna.  They are patriotic Americans.  I know some who fought in World War II and fought with me in Vietnam.

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