Posted on 06/08/2021 5:49:36 PM PDT by simpson96
The city of McAllen, Texas—a border town that went for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by 40 points in 2016—just elected a Republican mayor.
Javier Villalobos defeated Democrat Veronica Vela Whitacre by 206 votes in a runoff election over the weekend, according to unofficial election results reported by KRGV. Votes will be canvassed and certified by city officials on June 14.
Villalobos, an attorney and former chairman of Texas' Hidalgo County Republican Party, thanked his supporters and campaign team following his narrow victory.
"Thank you McAllen for trusting and believing in me. I promise to not let you down," he added.
Villalobos' win is part of a growing trend of incremental conservative success in south Texas, a usual Democratic stronghold and majority-Hispanic area. McAllen is home to roughly 150,000 residents, of whom 85 percent are Latino.
Clinton won Hidalgo County, which is home to McAllen, by 40.5 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election. But in 2020, Joe Biden's defeat over Trump was 17 percentage points—half that of Clinton's.
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"Joe Biden's defeat over Trump" ...huh?
"half that", when it's clearly less than half.
A twenty-six-year-old wrote this.
So? Texas will be decided by the crooked Houston democrat machine in 2024. The Atlanta/Georgia, Philly/Pennsylvania, Detroit/Michigan, etc., etc., etc. model will be used to steal Texas, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri and probably Florida this time as well. Other than DeSantis, who’s going to stop any of them? Roberts? Yeah, right!
"Joe Biden's DEFEAT over..."
What language is that, Ebonics?
I’m guessing most Hispanics aren’t big fans of the Dem plan to turn their children into drug addicted perverts.
“half that”, when it’s clearly less than half.’
Barbie sez: ‘Math is hard’.
This is impossible. Russia must have hacked the voting machines to give the GOP a win in this Democrat stronghold.
Again? How many times does this have to be posted
in before someone asks about dominion voting machines.
We need to see it at least a dozen more times. The same MAGA win happened in Ft Worth, Texas.
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