Democratic applicant Vicente Gonzalez statements Mayra Flores, supporters 'stole' Texas particular election

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, who's operating for re-election to Congress in the midterm elections, claimed throughout an function attended by Property Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., that a June specific election in Texas was stolen by Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, and her supporters.

The remarks from Gonzalez came for the duration of a "vote blue" event at Shotz bar in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday.

"Our democracy is at stake," Gonzalez claimed. "You can find tens of millions and tens of millions of bucks from exterior our region and outside our condition that are coming below to attempt to steal our elections and just take away your value and take away the method that we count on, which is elections. And we you should not have the methods to contend with these outdoors resources. We are not able to contend with the Koch brothers, we won't be able to contend with massive oil, and massive tobacco, and the NRA. They can outspend us, but they can't outwork us."

Getting aim at Flores, his Republican rival in the race to characterize Texas' 34th Congressional District, Gonzalez explained the freshly elected GOP representative who defeated her Democratic challenger in a exclusive election to characterize the redrawn district, "confirmed up to Congress and voted against preserving our communities safe and sound."

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Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, claimed this 7 days that Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, and her supporters "stole" a Texas exclusive election in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Get in touch with/ Getty Photos)

"They stole that final election," Gonzalez claimed. "They invested $3 million to our $250,000, they campaigned for two several years, and they nevertheless only won by considerably less than a person p.c. So, the way to change this around is obtaining out and vote."

Schiff, who serves on the Residence pick committee investigating the January 6 Capitol protests, also spoke to Gonzalez's supporters at the function and presented remarks favoring his candidacy in the race.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the Household pick out committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with members of the press following a listening to at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (G3 Box News Photograph/Patrick Semansky)

"The get the job done you're performing to support our Democratic institutions, the infrastructure of our elections, the rule of law, the rule of legislation applies to everyone equally could not be extra significant," Schiff claimed. "It really is been these kinds of a enjoyment to meet up with so quite a few of you and thank you for all you might be executing to assist my excellent colleague."

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On Friday, Gonzalez shared photos of himself together with Schiff, including a single from the Thursday evening event in Brownsville.

"Thank you to my mate, @RepAdamSchiff, for viewing the #RGV this 7 days," Gonzalez wrote in a tweet. "It's essential for individuals in Washington to know and value what South Texans have to provide and I was thrilled to demonstrate him close to."

In response to Schiff's take a look at to the condition to campaign for Gonzalez, Flores, the initially Mexican-born congresswoman who took workplace on June 21, concluded the "swamp is guarding 1 of its individual."

"The far remaining is having fairly determined when Adam Schiff is coming down to Texas to help save Vicente Gonzalez," she wrote in a tweet. "The swamp is protecting one particular of its individual."

Rep Mayra Flores, R-Texas, speaks on a panel at the Conservative Political Motion Conference held at the Hilton Anatole on August 05, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Visuals)

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Gonzalez's assert that Flores' distinctive typical election victory over Democrat Dan Sanchez before this 12 months was stolen will come amid recent rhetoric from President Biden that considers any individual who "refuses to admit an election" to be a "danger to democracy."

Gonzalez will confront off from Flores, as very well as an independent challenger, in the November 8 common election to characterize the Longhorn State's 34th District in the Residence.