This is insane! Is this ***** even a real US citizen, or was she an anchor baby?
I found this about her at wikipedia, Death Angel:
Veronica Escobar (born September 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the
U.S. Representative for
Texas's 16th congressional district, based in
El Paso. A member of the
Democratic Party, Escobar previously served as a
County Commissioner and
County Judge for
El Paso County from 2010 to 2017.
Early life and education[edit]
Escobar is a native of
El Paso, Texas, where she was born in 1969.
[1] She grew up near her family's
dairy farm with her parents and four brothers.
[2] Escobar attended
Loretto Academy and
Burges High School, before getting her
bachelor's degree at the
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and her
master's degree from
New York University.
[3]
Early political career[edit]
Escobar worked as a nonprofit executive and as
Raymond Caballero's communications director when he was mayor of El Paso.
[4] When Caballero failed to get reelected, Escobar—along with Susie Byrd, attorney Steve Ortega, and businessman
Beto O'Rourke—considered entering public service, and started to discuss grassroots strategies with the goals of improving urban planning, creating a more diversified economy with more highly skilled jobs, and ending systemic corruption among city leadership.
[5] She was elected as a
county commissioner for
El Paso County in 2006 and as
El Paso County Judge in 2010.
[4] O’Rourke, Byrd, and Ortega also all ran for office and won; they came to be collectively referred to as "The Progressives."
[5]
She also taught English and
Chicano literature at UTEP and
El Paso Community College.
[4]
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
Main article:
United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2018 § District 16
Escobar resigned from office in August 2017 to run full-time in the
2018 election to succeed
Beto O'Rourke in the
United States House of Representatives for
Texas's 16th congressional district.
[6] As the district is a
solidly Democratic, majority-Hispanic district, whoever won the Democratic primary would be heavily favored in November.
[2] She won the six-way Democratic primary with 61 percent of the vote.
[7]
In June 2018, Escobar (along with O'Rourke) led protests in
Tornillo, Texas, of the
Trump administration family separation policy that involved the separation of children of immigrant families. The city is just miles from the
Rio Grande, the river that forms the border of the United States and Mexico in the state of Texas.
[8] The Trump administration had created a "tent-city" in Tornillo, where separated children were being held without their parents. O'Rourke called this practice "un-American" and the responsibility of all Americans.
[9]
Escobar won the general election on November 6, defeating Republican Rick Seeberger. She became the first woman to represent the 16th. With her victory, Escobar and
Sylvia Garcia became the first Latina congresswomen from Texas.
[4][10][11] Although the 16th has long since become a majority-Hispanic district, Escobar is only the
second Hispanic ever to represent it, the first being O'Rourke's predecessor,
Silvestre Reyes.
Committee assignments[edit]
Caucus memberships[edit]
Veronica Escobar - Wikipedia