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Related: About this forumTexas Congressman Says A Mexican Song For Clinton Was Foreign Influence
U.S. Representative Mike Conway of Midland says that a corrido written for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was a political ploy on par with Russian hacking in influencing the election. The Republican lawmaker, a one-time business partner of former President George W. Bush, told the Dallas Morning News that Democrats used Mexican entertainers to subvert the election by firing up Hispanic voters in Nevada.
Harry Reid and the Democrats brought in Mexican soap opera stars, singers and entertainers who had immense influence in those communities into Las Vegas, to entertain, get out the vote and so forth, Conaway told The Dallas Morning News this week. Those are foreign actors, foreign people, influencing the vote in Nevada. You dont hear the Democrats screaming and saying one word about that.
Asked whether he considers that on par with Russian cyber-intrusions that aimed to damage Hillary Clintons campaign, Conaway said: Sure it is, its foreign influence. If were worried about foreign influence, lets have the whole story.
Its not exactly hidden cameras in hotel rooms or hacked email accounts, but Conway is apparently pretty ticked that Mexican singer Vicente Fernándezs song supporting Clinton. Fernández, who came out of retirement to pen the corrido, joined a post-debate fiesta after the third presidential debate. American-born Mexican actress Angélica María and California band Los Tigres del Norte were also in attendance.
Read more: http://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/texas-congressman-says-mexican-song-clinton-foreign-influence/
Cross-posted in the Texas Group.
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Texas Congressman Says A Mexican Song For Clinton Was Foreign Influence (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jan 2017
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BlueMTexpat
(15,493 posts)1. This POS has no
shame. Apparently, he also has no functioning brain.
But he's an R. So what can you expect?
LeftInTX
(29,974 posts)2. W probably had closer ties to Mexico
Iggo
(48,235 posts)3. Which is okay, because Mexico is our friend. (n/t)