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And someone on DU complained about Democratic fundraising emails. Guess what? Democrats don't have the funds for ads. So we get to hear on TV, that Rochelle Garza is a cartel member ad nauseum. Rochelle is sweet and down to earth and the ads are racist as f*ck.
Rochelle Garza has been endorsed by the San Antonio, Express-News and the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning New
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endorsements/article/Rochelle-Garza-Texas-Attorney-General-17527690.php
Garza beat Texas power house Joe Jaworski in the primary and she earned her votes. I do not believe she won the primary based on her name. (In 2018, we had a gubernatorial candidate who won the primary because her name was Lupe Valdez. As a former sheriff, Lupe just didn't have the experience and she was not good campaigner. She was 70 years old and had a "deer in the headlights" look throughout the entire campaign) On the other hand Garza beat Jaworski on merit. As an attorney, she is just was more skilled than Jaworski.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/01/rochelle-garza-texas-attorney-general/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/10/14/paxton-releases-attack-ad-against-democratic-challenger-focusing-on-border-and-immigration/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/AG-Paxton-launches-ads-attacking-Rochelle-Garza-17500202.php
Paxton's latest advertisements appear to refer to two defendants that Garza briefly represented in 2017 and 2018 — but neither were charged with human trafficking or human smuggling. According to the attorney general's office's own definition on its website, human trafficking is the "exploitation of men, women, and children for forced labor or sex by a third-party for profit or gain."
The first defendant was Mexican citizen Alma Delia Marin-Fuentes who in June 2017 was indicted on charges of conspiracy, domestic transporting and harboring of immigrants who entered the country illegally, for the purpose of financial gain. Marin-Fuentes, who had been deported about a year earlier, was also charged with re-entering the U.S. illegally.
The defendant had originally asked for Garza to replace her government-appointed public defender. But the first time Garza appeared in court on her behalf, court documents show that Garza requested "additional time to speak to the family in reference to being retained in this case."
That same day, the defense moved to have Garza withdrawn as counsel, and the court granted the motion.
The second case was that of U.S. citizen Christian Ivan Hernandez who in March 2018 was indicted on charges of conspiracy and of transporting within the U.S. immigrants who entered the country illegally for the purpose of financial gain.
Four days after Hernandez had asked to switch from his public defender to Garza, he informed the court he wanted to retain the public defender, court filings show. The reason for the change is not documented.
The Paxton spokeswoman did not answer questions about why
Paxton incorrectly referred to the cases as trafficking or about Garza's limited representation of both defendants. But she said "Garza’s work in defense of criminals bringing illegal immigrants into the U.S. and her advocacy on behalf of those who have broken our immigration laws speaks for itself."
Ya'know, what do Republicans do when they retire from the bench? They become defense attorneys!!! All of them...
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