Jessica Cisneros interned for U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar in 2014, and the...
LAREDO, Texas - Jessica Cisneros interned for U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar in 2014, and the congressman later wrote letters to help her get into law school.
She is one of a half-dozen progressive candidates around the country who are taking on moderate House Democratic incumbents and are backed by Justice Democrats, the same political action committee that last year helped launch Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political career. “The myth that south Texas is conservative is just that, a myth,” Cisneros said in an interview this month in Laredo.
“I haven’t had a single person disagree with me on the policies, once you start explaining them,” Cisneros said, adding that “Medicare for All” resonates in a place where many people go into Mexico for cheaper medical care. The district’s poverty rate is nearly double the national average. “If we lose the independents because we are far left, then that election in November 2020 is going to go in a direction that we don’t want,” Cuellar said in an interview at a Laredo coffee shop.Cuellar questions whether taxpayers can afford a far-reaching healthcare program like “Medicare for All.” He doubts south Texas voters would favor the Green New Deal, saying thousands of jobs in the area depend on the oil and gas industry.
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