The president’s bungled debate performance had Democrats fearful voters would stay home in November.
Democrat candidate, U.S. President Joe Biden , and Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, at the presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.
“I think that if you are a down-ballot candidate in a swing area, that candidate's responsibility for turnout becomes even bigger than it was before yesterday,” said Ed Espinoza, a Democratic strategist who previously oversaw the progressive group Progress Texas. “You're gonna need an extra push.” “I don't think members should say anything that they will regret later before everybody's had a chance to just kind of chill a little bit,” he said.
“It just confirmed what all Americans already know: that he is a feeble man not able to perform the duties of his position,” said U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-McAllen, who is facing a competitive challenge from Democrat Michelle Vallejo to keep her seat in the 15th district. Abortion rights are perhaps the leading issue for Texas Democrats up and down the ballot, including at the Texas Supreme Court, whicha Dallas woman's request to obtain an abortion for a nonviable pregnancy that her doctors said threatened her health and future fertility.
“The problem with strategy is people in my district know me well, and tie me to $9 Billion dollars in Federal funding I’ve delivered, funding that has created jobs and is transforming South Texas infrastructure, healthcare & education,” Gonzalez said in a text message. “And they tie to the fact that she was athat embarrassed South Texans by not offering a single bill or proposal that would improve lives and not delivering a single dollar in resources during her short tenure.
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