New York communist Claire Valdez who won her June primary and is a shoe in to get elected in November is now bragging about how she will represent Mexico once she gets to Congress over the US. Apparently Valdez she’s the only Mexican-American to ever be elected to congress.
215 years ago, Mexicans fought an empire that demanded our land and our labor. And we won.
I'll carry that fight with me to Congress as New York's first Mexican American representative.
And I'm strengthened not just by Mexico's history but its present. Last month I met… pic.twitter.com/bltYEhXMhN
— Claire Valdez (@claireforny) September 16, 2026