'We'll be focused on talking to South Texas voters about how JCisnerosTX is going to fight for healthcare for all, create good-paying union jobs, and a humane immigration system.'
"Young people have never felt more excited to elect a Green New Deal champion, especially when it means kicking out a corrupt, anti-choice, corporate Democrat," said head of the Sunrise Movement."It's clear that voters are tired of corporate-backed politicians like Henry Cuellar who don't work for them."
That's what Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of the Indivisible Project, said Wednesday after Jessica Cisneros forced a runoff election in Texas' 28th Congressional District. This is the second primary cycle in which Cisneros, a progressive, has challenged Cuellar, an"They're excited for a new generation of progressive leaders who put people first," Greenberg said of voters.
The Sunrise Movement, which also endorsed Cisneros, was similarly determined after Tuesday's results. Calling the youth-led movement"a force to be reckoned with," Cisneros said Wednesday that she was inspired by the members'"persistent, fearless organizing" and vowed that she is"ready to fight with Sunrise in Congress for a Green New Deal."
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