Hillary Clinton supporters: We won’t underestimate Trump like GOP did After former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s performance on Super Tuesday left her well-positioned to win the Democratic presidential nomination, her supporters are insisting Wednesday they aren’t going to underestimate GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump the way, they say, that Republicans did. “I used to think that Donald Trump would be the easiest candidate to beat. … You have a lot of good moderates like Rubio,...
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Cuellar wins by a landslide Incumbent Henry Cuellar won by a landslide the Democratic primary for the 28th District of Texas seat. Cuellar, D-Laredo, had 90.3 percent of the vote. His opponent, William Hayward, had 9.7 percent. The U.S. Congressman will face Republican Zeffen Hardin and Green Party candidate Michael Cary in the general election Nov. 8. Surrounded by City of Laredo officials in Washington, Cuellar said he was excited. He also congratulated his brother, incumbent Webb County Sheri...
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Four-day STEM Event Wraps Up (video link below) A four-day annual event came to a close Sunday morning. Anxiously awaiting the awards ceremony, high school students gathered at the Student Center Ballroom at TAMIU. The event promotes science, technology, engineering, and math through a combination of lectures, activities, and even a robotics competition. Over 20 groups of high school students from across South Texas competed by creating robots that would rescue a man left behind in mars. Congres...
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A group of Laredo middle school students visiting Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) Friday, Feb. 26 will met National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut and engineer Stephanie D. Wilson, the second African-American woman to go on a space mission. Wilson was the keynote speaker during the 2016 TAMIU STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Alliance luncheon on Friday, Feb. 26, from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX...
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History matters as Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in Laredo (video in link below) When it comes to winning the battle for the Latino vote in Texas, history matters. “This county was the first county in Texas to endorse me when I ran for president,” Bill Clinton told a crowd assembled to hear him stump for his wife, Hillary, at Texas A&M International University on Monday. “It’s great to be back.” Bill Clinton’s stop marked the first time a president had visited the university. But the couple’s ...
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“Elección es sobre future” BIll Clinton ex Presidente de EU visita la ciudad para promover la plataforma política de su esposa, Hillary Ante decenas de estudiantes de la universidad de TAMIU que lo recibieron con mariachi, el ex Presidente Bill Clinton dijo ayer aquí que se necesita un país donde los estadounidenses puedan tener más mañanas y menos ayeres, algo que sólo su esposa Hillary puede ofrecer. “Hillary quiere que todos puedan ver hacia el futuro con confianza y esto sólo podemos lograr...
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Hillary hará puentes, no muros.- Bill Hillary Clinton se encuentra en el lado opuesto que el magnate Donald Trump y construirá puentes en lugar de muros. Así lo aseguró el ex Presidente de Estados Unidos y esposo de la ex Secretaria de Estado, Bill Clinton, en la ciudad fronteriza de Laredo, Texas. La ciudad es la misma en la que meses atrás el precandidato republicano Trump prometió elevar un muro. "Hay gente que quiere construir muros. Hillary quiere construir sendas de oportunidades y empoder...
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Bill Clinton en frontera EEUU-México: "Hillary construirá puentes, no muros" El expresidente de Estados Unidos Bill Clinton afirmó hoy en la ciudad fronteriza de Laredo (Texas, EE.UU.), la misma en la que meses atrás el magnate Donald Trump prometió elevar un muro, que su esposa, Hillary, "construirá puentes" con México en caso de ganar las elecciones en noviembre. "Hay gente que quiere construir muros. Hillary quiere construir sendas de oportunidades y empoderamiento, puentes para las personas ...
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Bill Clinton plans visit Former president set to speak publicly at TAMIU Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Laredo this month to attend a private fundraiser and make a public speech at Texas A&M International University, said U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar. The visit will make up for Clinton’s originally planned Dec. 4 visit, which was postponed due to the death of close friend and former national security advisor Sandy Berger, officials said. Cuellar, D-Laredo, said a private fundraising event will oc...
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