At her post-victory press conference, Hinojosa says people are "tired of the culture wars" and names Representative Ernest Bales, a close ally on public schools, as a leader on her transition team. She says many of her good allies are Republicans and that "this is not about being a Democratic administration."
The receipt
- Who
- Gina Hinojosa
- Where
- press conference - after election night, transition team announcement, Austin, T
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
People are tired of the divisions of the fighting, tired of the culture wars. This is a time to come together in a way that is about just delivering for the people of Texas. Ernest Bales, Representative Ernest Bales and myself were close allies delivering for our public schools. In fact, I count him as one of my best allies for public schools. That is his commitment. There is really little light between our positions on public education and as such he serves as a tremendous leader in this transition team, on this transition team. And look, there are lots of issues with whom my good allies are Republicans. So I'm just about delivering for people. This is not about being a Democratic administration. I'm not going to be the governor for just Democrats. I'm going to be the governor for all the people of Texas. Thank you. Thank you.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.