The surprise victory of Republican Mayra Flore in a House district in South Texas that has been held by Democrats since 1871, made waves across the media.
Whenever
Republicans make inroads into Democrat bastions and threaten their monopoly, it
isn’t a question of if but when far-left media assassins react by spewing
vitriol.
The venom
emanated in the form of a piece
in the NYT by Jennifer Medina, that focused on Flores and two other
Latina GOP candidates Monica De La Cruz and Cassy Garcia.
Medina begins
claiming that the Trump era gave rise to ‘the far-right Latina’ who shunned
moderates and embraced the far-right by wearing their support for Trump on
their sleeve.
Medina mentions Flores’s call for
Biden’s impeachment, her refusal to accept that Biden had been legitimately
elected, her branding the Democratic Party as the “greatest threat America
faces”, her tweets with QAnon hashtags, her pro-life views, and her support for
stronger border security.
Medina refers
to Flores’s campaign slogan — “God, family, country” claiming it was meant to
appeal to “traditional values” of her majority-Hispanic district in the border
city of Brownsville.” There is also mention of her campaign with the support of
evangelical churches and her pastor carrying out a “Make America Godly Again”.
Medina
calls the Rio Grande Valley where the three Latino candidates grew up as
politically liberal yet culturally conservative. There is mention of Churches being packed on Sundays, American flags
fluttering from various houses, and law enforcement being revered.
https://twitter.com/jennymedina/status/1544674058742075393
Medina describes
the working-class background of Flores, De La Cruz, and Garcia. While Garcia
was a lifelong conservative and a Republican. Flores and De La Cruz began
as Democrats but their realization that the Democrats of taking Hispanic for
granted led them to become Republicans.
Medina
cites Trump flipping rural Zapata County and narrowed the Democratic margin of
victory in the four Valley counties in the valley in 2020 as proof that
conservative culture started to exert a greater influence
Medina
points to Republican leaders and strategists who say Flores’s victory is proof
that Latino voters are increasingly shifting to the right. There is also
mention of Democrats who dismiss Flores’s victory as a fluke because it was a
low-turnout special election in which 28,990
people cast ballots and that Flores will face ‘popular’ Democrat
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in November.
Medina mentions
House Speaker Pelosi brushing her arm against Flores’s 8-year-old daughter as
the two stood side by side after her swearing-in. The piece obviously disputes
the incident despite Pelosi’s deplorable behavior being captured on camera.
There is
mention of Flores’s tweet in response to Pelosi’s conduct.
https://twitter.com/MayraFlores2022/status/1541252448966287361
There is
also mention of Flores's dismissal of the Jan. 6 Investigations because her
district is focused on rising inflation.
So what
do we make it?
The piece
doesn’t directly attack the Latino candidates but attempts to portray them as religious
zealots and conspiracy theorists who are intolerant, bigoted, angry, and anachronistic.
The undercurrent disdain is evident all through its
oversimplification and tone. The condescension is particularly
evident during the mention of God, religion, patriotism, and respect for law
enforcement. The words traditional values are mentioned in quotes. The NYT
probably thinks these are quaint notions that need to be abandoned.
Flores's
dismissal of the Jan. 6 Investigations is meant to convince the readers that
she is anti-democratic while her concern for inflation is made to appear
irrelevant.
Mainstream
papers such as the NYT function as a mouthpiece for the Democrats and reveal a
great deal about the liberal mindset.
The
Democrats have, in recent times, appointed themselves as the advocates for
Latinos, African Americans, Women, LGBT+, etc.
They
claim to be brimming with empathy for these minority groups. They claim to
stand against racism, sexism, misogyny, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia,
Islamophobia, and all other forms of bigotry.
The best
way to test these claims of compassion is to see how the Democrats react when
individuals from these minority groups develop a mind of their own and differ
from them.
When
Sarah Palin presented a challenge to the Democrats in 2008, they displayed
rabid misogyny. When African American Herman Cain topped the polls during the
2012 GOP Primary, the Democrats reacted to it in the vilest racist manner. Jon
Stewart did a rude caricature of Cain, doing a stereotypical black accent.
Trans Olympian Caitlyn Jenner was labeled a 'disgrace, hypocrite' for
Pride Month because of her conservative beliefs. Mayra Flores, Monica De La
Cruz, and Cassy Garcia are merely the latest addition to this list.
The truth
is the Democrats see minority individuals only through the prism of their
Demographic groups. Democrats hence presume that all individuals from any
minority group think alike and have identical aspirations. They assume
Latino Americans support an open border only because Latinos from abroad will
be crossing the border.
While
dealing with minorities, the Democrats demand loyalty and expect servility. In
doing so they regard minority individuals as subjects rather than
citizens. They frequently talk down to them and lose their temper if members of
the minority groups dare to differ.
The NYT
never fails to prefix the names of people they disagree with ‘far-right’ or
‘alt right’ which are code words for crazy, violent, ignorant, and intolerant.
There are
no prefixes or coded insults for far-left politicians, obviously. Rep
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was branded a Political Star by the same
NYT. The NYT’s profile of Rep Ilhan Omar, an Islamist who despise the US,
was very complimentary, they portrayed her as a principled
revolutionary who is tackling
discrimination.
This is
why the NYT has no credibility left. They cease to be a force that can
influence voters and change the direction of elections. They merely preach to
the converted and delude themselves into thinking that they are influencers.
So how
must the GOP react to all this?
Firstly
they must stop interacting with the NYT. Talking to an adversary works when the
opponent has an open mind. The NYT is a propaganda outfit that has vilified
Republicans for ages. Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting different results. The GOP must remember that the
NYT will never evolve, hence it is wise to stop all access.
The other
problem with newspapers is words can be misinterpreted and twisted. A quote can
be stripped from its context to present the speaker in a negative light. Quite
often the misquote travels halfway around the world while the context is
getting its boots on. If Republicans do want to appear in far-left forums
they must ensure it is a live broadcast.
It also
may be time for the GOP to stop being defensive about the term ‘far right’. In
being defensive they are accepting the pejorative Democrat narrative that the
right-wing is a bigoted, uninformed, and violent group populated only by
'bitter clingers' and 'irredeemable deplorables'.
The truth is right stands for freedom, liberty peace, prosperity, and dignity of the citizen. It also stands for the respect for law and order and for free-market capitalism that enables upward mobility based on hard work and merits. This is not something to be embarrassed about but proud of.
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