Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that he and at least four other Democratic members of the House will join Texas Democrats in staging a counter-event to the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia and Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, Jason Crow of Colorado and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania are going to Texas to counter the GOP event, which begins Wednesday.
“While swing-seat House Republicans try to hide from their record of raising costs on working families, gutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks for billionaire donors and supporting a reckless war of choice in Iran, House Democrats will be present to hold them accountable,” Jeffries said, according to The Hill. "Americans are being crushed by rising costs," Crow said in a post on X last week about their plans to support Democrats in Texas.
"Republicans don't care — they're in Dallas, celebrating an out of touch President whose tariffs and wars are making things worse. We're going to hold them accountable." Democratic Texas gubernatorial hopeful Gina Hinojosa, who has been polling strongly against incumbent Republican Greg Abbott, said she believes Texas is in play and is grateful for the national attention. "I welcome the attention on Texas. Texas is battleground in 2026.
If you don’t believe it, look at what Republicans are doing. But that’s what I hear every day on the campaign trail," she told The Hill. "If you look at the polling, President Trump is underwater, [Texas Gov.] Greg Abbott is underwater and people are tired of this ‘politics as usual.’ People want change in Texas. They’re galvanizing, organizing. We’re building real momentum in this race,” Hinojosa added.
The congressional visit coincides with a broader mobilization effort among liberal groups during the convention. More than a dozen organizations, including the progressive grassroots group Indivisible, are