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Mayra Flores: “A lot of people benefit from us being poor so we can keep up…”

Featuring: Mayra Flores, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 34

The Room Didn't Know Her Name: Mayra Flores on Building From Zero

Published August 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 29:02

And what, why do you think our young boys and young girls, majority boys, enlist in the military because they want to get out of the valley. They want better opportunities. And so A lot of people benefit from us being poor so we can keep up those enlisting numbers. And, and I don't like that. I don't like that. I want to see the valley prosper. I want jobs to come to South Texas, but I want good paying jobs to come here to South Texas. (29:02–29:10)

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Asserts that some people benefit from poverty in South Texas to maintain military enlistment numbers.

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“I was born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, which is only a few hours away from here.”
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“I came here when I was 6 years old.”
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“My dad, being an American, was able to file for us to come here with no, no issues, no problem.”
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“I moved here into the United States when I was six years old.”
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“I was a migrant kid.”
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“Six months out of the year, I would be here in South Texas, and six months out of the year, I would be in Memphis, Texas.”
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“In Memphis is where we would go work in the cotton fields.”
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“I got into the medical field.”
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“Is more powerful than a sitting member of Congress? Actually.”
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“We have been brainwashed here in South Texas and our entire community into thinking that these positions are only for certain people.”
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“I actually think we would be better off if we had more of the everyday American running this country at the local level, at the state level…”
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“The Republican Party did not recruit me to run. I ran on my own.”
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“I got my bachelor's degree at South Texas College and I'm very proud of it.”
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“A lot of people thought that's not sufficient to be a member of Congress. You need to have, you know, a master's or you need to go to these…”
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“The amount of people that contacted me during the Israel attack on October 7, there's people from the Valley that had issues and that were…”
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“I contacted Senator Ted Cruz office, Senator John Cornyn's office, and connected them to them to help them get him out of Israel during that…”
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“Reached out to Senator Ted Cruz office, Senator Ted Cruz office connected with her.”
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“The problem is that the Valley, the people from the Valley are not being prioritized.”
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“We lack local leadership that puts the people of South Texas first, regardless of the politics.”
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“They take advantage that a lot of them are not well informed and that's how they're able to put in place or sneak in local policies that…”
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