Posted on 09/22/2022 2:47:11 PM PDT by algore
The wives of border patrol agents are running for Congress after becoming fed up with what their husbands have to deal with under President Joe Biden's immigration policies.
Of the three running for Congress, Representative Mayra Flores already won a special election in June to replace a Democratic congressman who left mid-term in Texas' 34th congressional district.
The other two are Cassy Garcia, who beat out six other Republicans to take on Democrat Representative Henry Cuellar and Irene Armendariz-Jackson, who quit her job as a Realtor in El Paso to challenge Democratic Representative Veronica Escobar.
If Garcia and Armendariz-Jackson are successful, Republicans will only need to flip two more House seats in the 2022 midterm elections to win back a majority in the lower chamber. Predictions have shown for months that Democrats would lose the House in November's election.
The three womens' focus on border issues has won them broad support from conservatives in the border state
Figures released from August show that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has encountered more than 2 million migrants in 2022 – and there's still one more month left of reporting before the end of the fiscal year.
There has also been a record-breaking number of migrant deaths along the border with 780 reported this year.
'The support they're not receiving from the administration — it's unbelievable,' Garcia said, according to the Washington Examiner.
She also slammed Vice President Kamala Harris' role in addressing the southern border crisis.
'I think she's still trying to figure out the root causes, right? We know what the root causes are, right? They're not enforcing laws
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Irene of El Paso, looks pretty impressive. Bump her to the top of the list..RNC needs to come around and support her.
Women standing up for their men . Gotta love ‘em. Now if the GOP men could just stand up for their party.
Momma bears will take over congress. Let there be a thousand Marjorie Taylor Greenes in the house and senate,
Good story. Thanks for sharing.
MTG-my dominatrix fetish.
Great story.
Interesting… thanks for posting this story.
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