Daily Dispatch 11/8/24: Texas Democratic Party Chairman Hinojosa To Resign, And More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Gilberto Hinojosa, Chair of the Texas Democratic Party since 2012, is reported to be set to announce his resignation today: https://quorumreport.com/quorum_report_daily_buzz_2024/texas_democratic_party_chairman_hinojosa_to_announ_buzziid32336.html

...This follows uproar over comments Hinojosa made using the TDP's defense of trans Texans as an example of a reason for the historic election loss this week: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/democratic-party-chair-texas-19898371.php

...Texas LGBTQ+ advocacy orgs were especially incensed: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-democratic-party-chair-on-defensive-after-blaming-losses-on-support-of-trans-rights-36010763

...At the same time, Ted Cruz's multi-million-dollar smear of Texas' transgender community paid huge dividends for him at the ballot box: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/transgender-ads-motivate-texas-republicans/

The Progress Texas staff gathered yesterday for an opening conversation on the Democratic disaster, why it happened, and how to move forward: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-180-understanding-the-trump-win-and/id1552998795?i=1000676159392

Republican success reaching older Hispanic voters along the Texas border may come back to haunt those voters who have children protected by DACA: https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2024-11-07/texas-daca-recipients-say-theyre-scared-of-their-future-under-trump

Black Texans are being affected right away as well, with a barrage of racist texts targeting students at our historically Black colleges: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/black-americans-targeted-racist-texts-texas-us/

There IS good news today - the failure of an "abortion travel ban" ballot initiative in Amarillo may provide evidence of some room for reasonable conversation with abortion opponents: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2024/11/07/voters-in-a-conservative-texas-city-reject-abortion-travel-ban/

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