Texas GOP candidate Bianca Garcia pledged to be a "mini Marjorie Taylor Greene' if elected to workplace.
Garcia, who at present serves because the president of the group Latinos for Trump, made the comparability to the controversial Republican Georgia consultant throughout an look on The McFiles podcast on Wednesday. She praised Greene as "the one one proper now that is actually preventing again."
"They do not like her. So I could be a little bit mini Marjorie Taylor Greene," she mentioned. "I do not know. They will name me BRG."
Additionally within the interview she informed pastors that they'd "be held accountable" if their congregants didn't present as much as vote for her.
"You are going to both have to point out up and present out, or you are going to need to cope with it with the Lord," she mentioned. In December, she already claimed victory within the GOP main, saying she "conquered it already," although the election has nonetheless not occurred.
Garcia is working for a Texas Senate seat within the eleventh district, which encompasses areas south of Houston together with Pearland and Galveston. She faces off within the main towards fellow Republicans Robin Armstrong, Mayes Middleton and Bob Mitchell on March 1.
Any Republican who wins the first could be favored within the common election within the district, the place former President Donald Trump defeated President Joe Biden by greater than 17 proportion factors in 2020, in keeping with The Texas Tribune.
The comparability comes after Greene, who has lengthy been a polarizing determine throughout the GOP, has continued making many controversial statements which have obtained condemnation from Democrats and Republicans.
Final week, she confronted criticism for evaluating the Capitol Police to the Gestapo, the key police of Nazi Germany—although she as a substitute mentioned "gazpacho," which is a soup.
"So every thing is totally uncontrolled," Greene mentioned throughout an look on One America Information Community's Actual America with Dan Ball. "Not solely do we've the DC jail, which is the DC Gulag, however now we've Nancy Pelosi's Gazpacho Police spying on members of Congress."
The comment was the most recent the place Greene drew comparisons to the Holocaust—whether or not it's COVID protocols or the Capitol Police. Comparisons of something to the Holocaust are extensively thought of to be offensive.
Different Republican members of Congress have additionally spoke out towards Greene. In January, Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas wrote on Instagram, "She [Greene] does not need options and he or she does not care in the event you get censored. She simply needs to be a sufferer so she will be able to hold asking you for marketing campaign donations. It is a rip-off."
Newsweek reached out to Garcia's marketing campaign for remark Saturday morning. This story might be up to date with any remark.
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