It’s not Ray-ciss if we do it

Down near the border a Democrat blogger Jerry McHale, whose column frequently uses the N-word and racist/sexist terms and is hired by the Democrats,  is attacking a local Republican candidate, referring to her as ‘Miss Frijoles’ and a ‘cotton picking liar’ (she has mentioned picking cotton with her immigrant parent as a youth.). Even state Democratic figures think the blogger is over-the-top and that their boy in McAllen, Vicente Gonzalez, is making a mistake spending money with McHale. Gonzalez reportedly paid McHale $1200 for “advertising services” in June.

A Texas blogger paid by Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s campaign is attacking Republican opponent Rep. Mayra Flores as “Miss Frijoles” and a “cotton-pickin’ liar,” prompting a wave of denunciations by fellow Democrats.

Flores, in a Twitter post Monday, accused the Gonzalez campaign of paying “a local blogger to run hateful & racist ads against me,” a charge that the Gonzalez campaign and blogger Jerry McHale deny. They both told NBC News that the timing of the attacks were coincidental, that the congressman didn’t pay for any of the inflammatory posts, know about them or have any control over them.

The controversy, which illustrates the blurred lines between paying political bloggers for advertising and advocacy, is the latest flashpoint in the wild and rugged politics of Texas 34th Congressional District, a majority-Hispanic seat that runs along the state’s southeast border with Mexico and has become a national proving ground for GOP outreach to Hispanic voters.

Yahoo

So McHale has atacked Flores 21 times in the last few weeks after receiving a check for advertising services, but Gonzalez  disavows any involvement.

Category: 2022 Elections, Democrats