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really thinking about right now here in south texas. >> michelle, i think it's also undeniable to acknowledge, right, that people like mayra flores and monique cruz, who you're facing a rematch, someone who is a maga trump republican, someone that won her race based on an anti-immigrant campaign, those types of profiles are also very much present where you are now, so what do you think voters saw in someone like monique cruz in 102? >> so unfortunately what happens in elections when people don't have access to the ballot box, which a lot of people in texas have to overcome, we see far extreme politicians come into office, and might opponent, monica dela cruz very much represents that far right extremism. one point, for example s this fight for women's reproductive freedoms, our right to body autonomy, the right to make our own healthcare decisions ourselves with our doctors, we'll have to highlight that texas is the battleground, for example, just what happened to the mom of two in dallas, kate cox, begging for a chance for her family facing a dangerous pregnancy, she was forwarded to leave texas to get the abortion and it was ex

just months earlier michelle vallejo won a runoff and in the last segment we spoke with republican congressional candidate mayra floressecond time in the 34th congressional district . both the 15th and the 34th districts will sit right along the rio grande valley where the debate over border security has ramped up in recent months. as one reporter put in texas monthly, these dueling victories by far right and left latinas illustrate the complex crosscurrents at work. democratic congressional candidate michelle vallejo joins me now. thank you so much for joining me. i want to start with your reactions to the conversation that i just had with republican congressional candidate mayra flores. if you are able to listen to it what was your reaction? >> i'm a small business owner, a daughter of immigrants, in this fight for hard-working families. i am in this fight to make sure that we get access to quality healthcare, to make sure that women have the right to choose. when it comes to their own choices and reproductive care, and also making sure that we get good paying jobs and good paying education. what i heard just right