DEMOCRATS: This is What Happens When We Lose Elections

Dear Democrat,
Dire. That’s the situation for Texas children. Texas ranks 44th in the nation on the overall well-being for children.  More than one in four children in our state lives in poverty. That’s the reality as published by a report from the Annie E. Casey foundation. That’s utter failure.

But it’s also a reminder of what’s at stake. Elections are not just about who wins and who loses. They are about what happens to our loved ones as a result.  When we don’t win, the people for whom we fight suffer. And it’s unquestionable that our children are suffering as a result of Republican rule.

These rankings are the results of Perry, Dewhurst, and their Republican buddies turning their back on our children. Republicans betrayed children by shutting down schools and by making it harder for kids to visit a doctor. There’s just too much at stake.

When we don’t win, more than one in four children in our state live in poverty. When we don’t win, neighborhood schools close. When we don’t win, nursing homes are forced to shut their doors leaving seniors with nowhere to go. When we don’t win, women lose access to cancer screenings and other vital health care.

If you didn’t cringe enough by Texas ranking 44 for the well-being of children, read the other shameful statistics and rankings for children in Texas:

• 1.7 million Texas children – or 26 percent – live in poverty. 
• Overall for children: 44
• Education: 32
• Economic well-being: 33
• Health: 42
• Family and community: 47

This is Rick Perry’s Texas and Texans deserve better. Donate $5, $10, $50 or more to help us put an end to the devastating Republican rule in Texas.

Texas families can’t afford for us not to win. There’s too much at stake. Elections have consequences my friends. Texas children shouldn’t have to live under this devastating Republican rule any longer.

Yours,
Gilberto Hinojosa
Chair
Texas Democratic Party