'We're just as patriotic as the other side': Valdez celebrates Democratic values at rural campaign

[TexasTowelie]

'We're just as patriotic as the other side': Valdez celebrates Democratic values at rural campaign office


CLEBURNE — Two doors down from the local Republican headquarters, Democrat Lupe Valdez greeted a group of about 30 supporters and volunteers at a rural campaign field office in Johnson County on Tuesday afternoon, thanking each for working to elect a Democrat in November.

Valdez, the former Dallas County sheriff, made sure to shake every hand in the office before her campaign pitch. After Cleburne, she was headed south to the Houston area to march in a few Independence Day parades on Wednesday.

Valdez and other Democrats will need to harvest a much bigger share of rural Texas votes to have any hope in November, so the state party has opened a field office here to focus on rural counties around Dallas-Fort Worth.

And the gubernatorial candidate emphasized patriotism in her remarks, telling the group she's tired of hearing Republicans claim patriotism as theirs.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/07/03/brand-texas-lupe-valdez-celebrates-democratic-patriotism-rural-campaign-office

[Squinch]

1. A whole lot more, actually.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. I was going to post exactly that. Plus: Don't use Rs & T's framing!

If you say "just as patriotic", then it accepts RepubliConGame framing that they are "patriotic". Sure, they wrap themselves in the flag, but much too often it is Profit, Power, and Party over Country.

Reject that framing and say "Democrats are more patriotic than Republicans because we are a future-looking, unifying party. We don't put Russian interests ahead of our allies." Stuff like that.

Say stuff like "We unify the American people of all kinds, and we do mean ALL", even though the other side will dispute the "unifying" part and the "all" part. As soon as they do, they are using Democratic framing!

[Squinch]

3. Yep. Feckin traitors don't get to claim patriotism.

I hate how they STILL claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility, despite having blown up the economy time after time AND PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM!!!

[handmade34]

4. just having to say it

is an unfortunate place to be