‘Miss Frijoles’: House Dem Paid Blogger Who Attacked Rep. Mayra Flores With ‘Racist’ Language
A new report reveals that Rep. Mayra Flores’ (R-Texas) Democratic opponent’s campaign paid a blogger who has repeatedly called her “Miss Frijoles.” NBC News reported on Tuesday, “A Texas blogger paid by Democratic Rep…
A new report reveals that Rep. Mayra Flores’ (R-Texas) Democratic opponent’s campaign paid a blogger who has repeatedly called her “Miss Frijoles.”
NBC News reported on Tuesday, “A Texas blogger paid by Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s campaign is attacking Republican opponent Rep. Mayra Flores as ‘Miss Frijoles’ and a ‘cotton-pickin’ liar,’ prompting a wave of denunciations by fellow Democrats.”
“The language first surfaced three days after Gonzalez’s campaign wrote a $1,200 check to The McHale Report blog June 24 for ‘advertising services,’ according to the Democrat’s Federal Election Commission finance report,” it added.
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), who is set to face off against Flores in November, has denied that his campaign paid blogger Jerry McHale to use the offensive language as an attack against the Congresswoman. His campaign also insisted the timing of the payment for “advertising” and the attacks was just a coincidence.
Curiously, NBC notes that while the blog was paid for “advertising services,” it has not published any ads for the Democratic Congressman. However, it has labeled Flores “Miss Frijoles” 21 times since June.
Just as we move on from reminding people that it’s not a good idea to compare the Hispanic community to tacos, we get this report.
Flores, the first Mexican-born Congresswoman, responded to the attack on Twitter, writing, “My far left opponent, Vincent Gonzalez, hired a local blogger to run hateful racist ads against me!”
“But, I love frijoles I grew up eating frijoles. I am not embarrassed of my upbringings frijoles w/tortillas de harina is simply the best. Here’s to Miss Frijoles 2022,” she added.