Cisneros Slams Cuellar for Being Only House Democrat to Vote Against Abortion Rights

[AZProgressive]

Texas congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros on Friday slammed Rep. Henry Cuellar—the U.S. House member she is aiming to unseat—for being the lone Democrat to vote against legislation that would codify abortion rights into federal law.

Shortly after the House passed the Women's Health Protection Act by a vote of 218-211 Friday afternoon, Cisneros released a video calling out Cuellar for "once again" refusing to "stand up for South Texans' reproductive freedom." Every House Republican who was present joined Cuellar in voting no.

"He's chosen to stand with his Republican allies and turn his back to South Texans' families and our healthcare," said Cisneros, who narrowly lost to Cuellar in the 2020 Democratic primary for Texas' 28th Congressional District. Cisneros announced in August that she would challenge Cuellar again, and she quickly won the support of NARAL Pro-Choice America and other reproductive rights groups.

"Even after our state's Republican leaders just passed the country's most restrictive abortion ban, almost ending all abortion access in Texas, our congressman refuses to defend our reproductive rights," Cisneros said in her video statement.

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[LeftInTX]

1. We have a Democrat here in Brownsville who FILED the damn bill to ban abortion pills

It was a Democrat's bill that got abortion pills banned in Texas.

The border area is Democratic, but I get the impression that they are conservative Democrats.

[TexasTowelie]

3. This race is going to be affected by redistricting.

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If the district stays similar to what is now and includes parts of Bexar county that would work to Cisneros' advantage. If the district tracks more to the east and includes Duval, Live Oak, and Bee counties then it will be more conservative and will favor Cuellar.

As far as the issues go, I doubt that abortion ranks that highly with the voters. Most of them are concerned about jobs and the economy. That is where Cuellar has a huge advantage over Cisneros.

As far as the 2020 primary is concerned, I was a bit annoyed with all of the negative ads that Cisneros made. Meanwhile, Cuellar usually just ignored Cisneros. It was a closer race than I thought would be, but can either candidate achieve the same turnout in a non-presidential year primary?

Based upon all of those factors, I'm not willing to guess the outcome of the primary.

[LeftInTX]

4. The New Green Deal will not go over well with voters in South Texas.

Even if the district remains the same.

Heck, I don't know how well even Castro would do if he embraced the New Green Deal LOL

[TexasTowelie]

2. I wonder if Cisneros voted for Cuellar in the 2020 general election?

I don't recall seeing any mention of whether she supported Cuellar after the primary and I cover 75-80 different Websites in Texas each week for the threads that I post on DU, including the Laredo Morning Times.