Without any political party backing or political machinery, Joy Díaz — a Latina mother, former public radio journalist and former public school teacher — has announced through online videos that she is running for Texas governor in the 2022 midterms.
and prosecutions of participants are ongoing as disinformation about the attack proliferates in social media.Surviving Covid — and a vow for change
“I remember the panic of not being able to breathe,” Díaz says in her video announcing her candidacy. Fluent in Spanish, she made videos in both languages and also one in English withShe vowed to devote her life to public service if she survived “because so many have died,” she said in her video. “The state was not prepared. The lack of planning as a state is unacceptable, not just planning for pandemics, but planning for everything else,” she says in the video.
A mother of two, her other daughter is 14, Díaz said that when she wins her race, she’ll hold the first quinceañera in the governor’s mansion. Díaz named education, the border and state preparedness as the top issues. But right now, Texas is at the center of a national clash over abortion following the passage of its strictDíaz said she supports women's abortion rights. She lost twins after she had to undergo a medically-induced abortion. She at first resisted having the procedure, she said, and nearly bled to death. "I was not making the right choice. I was not preserving my life.
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