Some of the seen members of President Donald Trump’s cupboard is headed to San Antonio to boost cash for Republican congressional candidate Carlos De La Cruz.
Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, and went on to attract main consideration for his controversial views on vaccines and different medical points, which at occasions put him at odds with fellow Republicans.
On Friday, the Republican Celebration of Bexar County promoted a Might 2 fundraising occasion with Kennedy in San Antonio, although the precise location was not disclosed within the invitation.
Kennedy is anticipated to provide remarks on the normal reception, in response to the invitation.
His go to comes on the heels of one other uncommon go to from a high-ranking White Home official, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who was in San Antonio earlier this month.
De La Cruz, the congressional candidate, is within the midst of a troublesome GOP major runoff on San Antonio’s Southeast Facet.
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The brand new thirty fifth Congressional District district is floor zero within the Trump administration’s effort to squeeze extra Republican lawmakers out of Texas in 2026.
However the conservative Texas Legislature drew it for one in all their very own, state Rep. John Lujan (R-San Antonio), who they believed would give the celebration their greatest probability at successful it in November.
On the eleventh-hour, Trump and Home GOP leaders endorsed De La Cruz, who completed a detailed second behind Lujan within the March major.
Now the 2 should face off in a Might 26 major runoff, the place Democrats are additionally nonetheless deciding the nominee for this race.
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De La Cruz is the brother of U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Edinburg), and his connections in D.C. have been paying off massive in his race with Lujan.
“It’s an honor to have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in our nook and right here in Texas — one other signal of the momentum we’re constructing with President Trump’s endorsement,” De La Cruz stated in an announcement Friday. ” … I look ahead to working with him in Washington to make sure America’s kids and households are stronger and more healthy.”
De La Cruz raised about $220,000 between Feb. 12 and March 31 — greater than every other congressional candidate working to signify the Bexar County space — and cashed checks from U.S. Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota), amongst others.
Lujan, in the meantime, says he’s relying on extra native assist, pointing to his lengthy record of endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, state Rep. Marc LaHood (R-San Antonio) and different elected officers within the district’s extra rural components.
De La Cruz’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the occasion with Kennedy.
