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Gina Hinojosa: “The lights came on in the hill country with electrification…”

Featuring: Gina Hinojosa, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 49

Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech

Published August 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:25

It came because we had the votes. The eight hour workday came because we had the votes. Social Security came because they had the votes. Medicare came because we had the votes. The lights came on in the hill country with electrification because we had the votes. First we won the vote and then we won better lives. That is what is on the ballot. That is what is on the ballot today. (06:25–06:32)

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Asserts that rural electrification in the hill country was achieved through voting.

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Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 08:18-08:28
“That same bill also gave elected judges the power to overturn election results, to overturn the will of the people.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 08:42-08:53
“Greg Abbott [tried] to silence your voice [in Congress].”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 00:22-00:23
“The Voting Rights Act [was] the signature piece of legislation signed into law by a great president from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 02:06-02:20
“The Voting Rights Act put black voters in Houston on the rolls in numbers the state had never allowed before.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 03:20-03:28
“The Voting Rights Act stands behind Latinos in South Texas.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 04:57-05:02
“The US Supreme Court decided [the state] had taken [Latinos' voting] power because they were about to use it.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 05:10-05:19
“The Voting Rights Act never guaranteed victory to anyone. It guaranteed the right of the people to decide.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 05:42-05:52
“The eight-hour workday came because we had the votes.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 06:16-06:20
“Social Security came because they had the votes.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 06:19-06:23
“Medicare came because we had the votes.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 06:22-06:26
“They did it to target black churches and a long standing tradition of souls to the polls where people went after services to vote.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 08:29-08:40
“Last year, Greg Abbott obeyed. He started a race to the bottom in this country in which political leaders now maximize their advantage to…”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 09:45-10:06
“Next year, they will slice and dice Texas, drawing new maps to eliminate five Democrats in Congress.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 11:24-11:34
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Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 11:52-12:09
“The governor of Texas can veto it. That makes this office the last line standing between one party and permanent control of Congress.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 12:50-13:10
“General Burl Newsom believed in this country before it gave him a reason to.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 14:19-14:27
“He held his ballot like the receipt that it was for a promise that America was still learning to keep.”
Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech | Uploaded August 6, 2026 | 14:28-14:39