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Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff raised greater than $1 million at a San Antonio fundraiser for Kamala Harris presidential marketing campaign Monday night time, the biggest presidential fundraiser within the metropolis’s historical past.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg made the announcement at a reception hosted by Frank and Cecilia Herrera that was attended by outstanding space Democrats like Henry Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Growth, State Sen. José Menéndez, and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar.
“We have to work, even here in Texas,” Emhoff advised the company on the fundraiser. “We can’t take any state off the map. We gotta make sure we’re doing the work here. And even if we can’t turn Texas blue this time around you have a good chance of sending [U.S. Rep.] Colin Allred to the Senate.”
Emhoff additionally stated that voters may additionally make “serious changes” to the state by flipping some statehouse races and their statewide leaders.
He acknowledged that the presidential election was very shut and urged the company to knock on doorways, register to vote and assist increase more cash for the marketing campaign to proceed its struggle all around the electoral map.
Earlier within the day, Emhoff attended a rally organized by Texas Democrats in San Antonio. He stumped with down-ballot Texas Democrats and railed towards Republican efforts that he stated had been “attacking the right to vote.”
“Under the guise of election integrity, they have made it harder to vote,” Emhoff stated. “They know the only way they can win is if fewer people vote. … Texas, unfortunately, has been ground zero for unchecked MAGA power grab.”
Emhoff, who was making his first go to to Texas since his spouse, Vice President Kamala Harris, grew to become the Democratic presidential nominee, stated if Trump returned to the White Home it will usher a nationwide abortion ban, extra inaction on mass shootings and insurance policies that benefited solely the rich.
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However he sounded a be aware of confidence at the same time as a New York Instances/Siena Ballot Monday morning confirmed Trump main Harris in Arizona by 5 proportion factors and in addition forward within the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia.
“I am really excited about Texas. Are you?” he stated to applause from about 1,200 individuals within the gymnasium on the Candler Bodily Schooling Middle at San Antonio Faculty. “Are we going to send my wife Kamala Harris to the White House?”
The rally included brothers Julián Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and City Growth, and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio.
The trouble was a part of the Texas Democratic Celebration’s “Texas Offense,” an effort to coordinate rallies and political assets from the highest to the underside of the ticket. Comic and actress Cristela Alonzo and social media influencer and political activist Olivia Julianna additionally attended the occasion.
The Democratic audio system attacked Republican state officers for what they stated had been efforts to suppress the votes of people that don’t align with their political beliefs. They pointed to current investigations by Lawyer Basic Ken Paxton on Latino teams who work to register individuals to vote. The audio system urged the gang to make their voice heard in November by casting ballots for Democrats.
Texas Democratic Celebration Chair Gilberto Hinojosa advised the gang that Republican officers like Lawyer Basic Ken Paxton had been “attacking the vote” due to the tight races for president and U.S. Senate.
“He knows they’re in trouble,” Hinojosa stated.
Emhoff’s go to is a lift for Texas Democrats. Nationwide politicos might not see the state as a battleground — regardless of the state celebration’s greatest efforts — however any enhance to down-ballot candidates may assist the minority celebration make up floor in state elections. It additionally will get these candidates in entrance of latest potential voters.
Texas political leaders tried to energise the gang by Emhoff’s go to.
“Texas is in play and if you need proof of that, we’ve got second gentleman Douglas Emhoff here,” Casar stated.
The occasion additionally included Kristian Carranza and Laurel Jordan Swift, two San Antonio Democrats vying to unseat Republican incumbents in essential statehouse races.
Republicans maintain a majority within the Texas Home and are more likely to push for laws that might permit for using public cash to pay for personal schooling a minimum of not directly. The problem is a high precedence for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Democrats are attempting to make dents within the majority to carry the road towards that sort of laws.
Carranza’s race towards Republican John Lujan is seen as one of many high targets for Democrats and Swift is operating for a seat that’s vacant as a result of reasonable Republican incumbent, Steve Allison, was defeated within the primaries by Marc LaHood, a Republican challenger who’s additional to the appropriate.
John Harrison, 72, of Kerrville who drove about an hour to attend the occasion along with his spouse Jo, stated Emhoff’s go to confirmed that nationwide Democrats had been nonetheless throwing some assist behind the state.
“It means they haven’t given up in Texas and that they can turn some races blue,” Harrison stated. “I hope we can beat Cruz and Trump. It’ll be tough but still possible.”
