Lupe Valdez

He refuses to debate you- You showed up outside the governor's mansion, ready to debate.

Why do you think he won't meet you face-to-face? He, he's faced other challengers like Lupe Valdez, the former, uh, Dallas County sheriff, but he's not going to debate you.

Why is that?

Because he has never had a poll that shows him losing in all the times he's ever run for governor, until now.

I mean, number one, you know, we go back to that, uh, those numbers before.

I mentioned, you know, when Abbott ran for governor in twenty eighteen, he ran against Lupe Valdez, 95% of Republicans said they were going to be voting for him, 82% said that they'd be supporting Valdez, right?

Yeah.

This is not that kind of race, right? Democrats are united behind his, uh, opponent.

Hillary Clinton was going to wipe the floor with Donald Trump.

I remember they tried to convince us Lupe Valdez was going to wipe the floor with Greg Abbott.

Beto was going to wipe the floor with Ted Cruz.

These things never have come to fruition.

"So let, let's go on statewide television and, and-"

But he defeated Lupe Valdez, though.

Now, he did.

I mean, she really had no money.

Republicans

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Gina Hinojosa is a much better candidate than Lupe Valdez ever was.

Oh, yeah.

In 2014, you'll remember he beat Wendy Davis by 20 points.

Then Lupe Valdez in 2018 came within 13 points of beating him.

And then, of course, there was Beto O'Rourke in 2022.

He came within 11 points.

Yeah, that name, Hinojosa, that is all over, obviously, South Texas.

You know, look, she's not the first Latina to take a run at the office.

You know, obviously, we had Lupe Valdez.

She made a run for it.