Anchia: When you trash the border, you are trashing Texas
EDINBURG, Texas – State Rep. Rafael Anchía says he is offended when politicians from Austin come to the Rio Grande Valley for the sole purpose of taking photo ops on DPS gun boats.
The Dallas lawmaker gave the keynote address at the Hidalgo Tejano Democrats 1st Annual Gala held at the Memorial Event Center in Mission. The group honored ten local VIPs at the event.
“As a Texan I want to say proudly and loudly that I am border proud. I am proud of the border that we have with Mexico. I am proud of the fact that we sit in the middle of a North American continent and that we are an exporting powerhouse, thanks to the work that happens here in the Rio Grande Valley,” Anchía said, to great applause.
“While being border proud, it offends me on a regular basis when you have politicians from Austin who come down here for the sole purpose of taking photo ops on DPS gun boats. That, to me, is offensive.”
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