Hinojosa Joins James Talarico to Fire Up Thousands of Voters in Plano

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Hinojosa drove home two points: Governor Greg Abbott is corrupt and public schools are overdue for proper government support.”

PLANO, TX – Last night, Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa joined James Talarico in Plano to rally thousands of Texas voters. Hinojosa called out how Greg Abbott’s decades of corruption have led to higher costs and shuttered Texas public schools, and outlined her plans to freeze utility bills, protect schools, and ensure health care for every Texas child.

“Especially in our great state of Texas, the American Dream was the promise that if you worked a full-time job, you could afford to own your home, to pay your bills, to have children, and to retire with dignity,” Hinojosa said. “The reason we pay more and we get less is because we are all paying the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax.”

Hinojosa added, “I fight for public schools because there can be no American Dream without strong Texas public schools. Public schools are our birthright as Texans; they are our legacy. They were enshrined in our Texas Constitution, but after 30 years of Greg Abbott, Texas public schools and the American Dream are on life support.”

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Gina Hinojosa joins Talarico in DFW for ‘The People vs. Ken Paxton Tour’

  • Hinojosa drove home two points: Governor Greg Abbott is corrupt and public schools are overdue for proper government support.
  • She’s running because the promise of Texas she was raised knowing is not the reality Texans are living today.
  • In the Rio Grande Valley, Hinojosa said she was raised with a love of country that was based not just on greatness but on goodness and righteousness. She grew up hearing from her father about the American Dream, but doesn’t see it as achievable today.
  • Hinojosa dubbed Abbott the most corrupt governor in Texas’s history.
  • She pointed to Texas leading the nation in bankruptcies, utility shutoffs and people without health insurance. She also highlighted that more than 150 school districts don’t have the funds to have school five days a week and that Corpus Christi could be the first major American city to run out of water.
  • “That is Greg Abbott’s record,” Hinojosa said. “He owns it. The reason why we pay more and we get less is because we are all paying the Greg Abbott corruption tax, and I have receipts. In fact, I have billions in receipts.”
  • The Greg Abbott corruption tax, as she calls it, is how the middle class ends up with more financial burdens while Abbott gives tax breaks to the wealthy.
  • “Nobody here is asking for handouts,” Hinojosa said. “We are asking for what we have already worked for. We are asking for what we have already paid for.”

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