# Texas Democrat Running for Governor Rejects Culture Wars, Prioritizes Economy

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118415623554547926
- Source account: [@javisanchezglez](https://x.com/javisanchezglez)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:49
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy) Democratic elected leaders have been spending a lot of time responding to allegations in the culture war, and we have taken the bait.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=11) And look, I will always defend Texans who are being punched down upon by Greg Abbott or whomever, right?

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=17) We gotta lift up Texans, not punch down.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=20) And because we spent so much time responding to culture war issues, people didn't know what else we stood for.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=28) And that's why this campaign has, uh, been about really economic opportunity for Texans.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=34) This campaign is a back to basics. We're not doing the culture wars.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=39) We are talking about how we're gonna deliver for Texans, how we're gonna make life easier for working families.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=44) And so in that sense, I think that has to be the way forward for Democrats, to focus on the economic issues and not take the bait when it comes to the culture wars.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=55) Because in Texas in 2026, that's all Greg Abbott's got.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=60) Yeah, I mean, to that point, one of your recent ads included the line, "My pronouns are mom, Texan, and soon to be governor."

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=67) Now, that did draw some criticism from some LGBTQ advocates, but what were you trying to communicate with that?

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=73) What I was trying to communicate is to both Greg Abbott and to the culture wars, you can shove it with your culture wars.

[1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=81) He had just accused me of working with teachers to try to trans kids.

[1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=86) It's just ridiculous, right? It's an insult to teachers, first of all, who are working against the odds, against Greg Abbott, against the state, to provide a good education for our teachers, a quality education for our teachers.

[1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cAimtAN5OxGm/en/texas-democrat-running-for-governor-rejects-culture-wars-prioritizes-economy?t=99) And so that was to say, "Look, we're not doing your culture wars."