Milma Escalante

These right wing assholes spent YEARS trying to make me quit. They doxxed my family, made deepfakes of me, body shamed me, spread lies about me, and relentlessly ridiculed me. I was literally seventeen years old getting death threats from thousands of strangers because I dared to be a liberal teenager in Texas. They did everything they could to make me stop. Well tough shit! I was a nineteen-year-old community college student in Texas who raised $2 million for abortion funds when our state was threatening to put doctors in prison for life. I’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for candidates, helped build the first statewide creator program in Texas history, and spent countless hours knocking doors, making calls, and organizing across this state. From Waco, to San Antonio, El Paso, Houston, Dallas, Fort Bend, and everything in between. Often times on my own dime or without pay because all I cared about was winning. I’ve spent six years doing this. The candidates, elected officials, precinct chairs, and community leaders I’ve worked with haven’t just gotten to know me. They’ve literally watched me grow up. I’m so emotional because I’m realizing that I spent my early adulthood fighting for a Texas I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to see. I was fighting for the state while growing up and changing myself too. AND CHANGE HAS COME! I moved across the state this year to our beautiful capital and now I intend to be there to help Democrats spread the message to the public about the good things they’re about to do. That’s all that matters. Doing good for the people of Texas. So to all those fuckers who tried to make me feel like I didn’t belong or that it wasn’t worth it- get bent. Enjoy your cheaper healthcare and better schools - I worked for you to have them even though you worked against me.

My first statewide race was trying to defeat Ted Cruz. Now he’s the last Republican standing statewide in Texas. We’re coming for you next Rafael!