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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCivil rights leader Dolores Huerta stumps for Beto O'Rourke in McAllen and Brownsville
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A Hispanic civil rights icon visited Rio Grande Valley residents in Brownsville and McAllen on Saturday to continue sharing her decades-old anthem, Si se puede! But this time, Dolores Huerta altered her well-known phrase in support of gubernatorial candidate Beto ORourke.
The 92-year-old activist known for her work with farmworkers since the 1950s packed both venues in Brownsville, at the Amigo Grand Ballroom, and in McAllen, where the owner of Kokos decided for the first time ever to close his restaurant for the Juntos Se Puede tour.
Huerta, donning a white Mexican floral blouse, a red blazer, and a straw fedora, received a warm reception as she walked onto the modest platform in Brownsville to speak her mind as shes fearlessly done for more than half a century.
We have to tell Greg Abbott, Ya basta! she said, weaving English and Spanish into her stump speech for ORourke, who sat by the podium listening enthusiastically.
The 92-year-old activist known for her work with farmworkers since the 1950s packed both venues in Brownsville, at the Amigo Grand Ballroom, and in McAllen, where the owner of Kokos decided for the first time ever to close his restaurant for the Juntos Se Puede tour.
Huerta, donning a white Mexican floral blouse, a red blazer, and a straw fedora, received a warm reception as she walked onto the modest platform in Brownsville to speak her mind as shes fearlessly done for more than half a century.
We have to tell Greg Abbott, Ya basta! she said, weaving English and Spanish into her stump speech for ORourke, who sat by the podium listening enthusiastically.
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Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta stumps for Beto O'Rourke in McAllen and Brownsville (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
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dalton99a
(81,656 posts)1. Kick
SunSeeker
(51,771 posts)2. Dolores Huerta is a national treasure. nt
Great supporter for Beto.
mahina
(17,726 posts)4. That's game right there.
That ought to do it. Bless her!
tanyev
(42,644 posts)5. Ya basta!
I can get on board with that.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,751 posts)6. Dolores Huerta- civil rights hero!!
Brother Buzz
(36,486 posts)7. Sí, se puede
Yes, we can, Baby!