Newly elected Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) said the Congressional Hispanic Caucus declined her request to join a Democrat-only group of lawmakers that shared the same background.
“As the first Mexican-born Congresswoman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, I thought joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would be a constructive way to build bridges and work in a bipartisan manner on behalf of our constituents. I was wrong,” Flores said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “This denial once again proves a bias towards conservative Latinas that don’t fit their narrative or ideology.”
The CHC is comprised of 36 House Democrats and did not respond to a request for comment.
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A spokeswoman for first-term Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said she did not attempt to join the CHC because it is a Democrat-only caucus. Instead, Malliotakis joined the smaller Congressional Hispanic Conference, which is led by Republicans.
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Flores won a special election in June and is running in November to permanently fill the seat in South Texas. She is the first Mexican-born woman to be elected to Congress and the first Republican to win Texas’s 34th Congressional District in more than a century.
