New Facts: Hinojosa Criticizes Abbott's Economic Policies

At the Texas Democratic convention in Corpus Christi, Gina Hinojosa attacked Gov. Greg Abbott’s economic record as a pay-to-play system for wealthy donors and corporate interests. She told delegates her party had “left the kitchen table behind” and said she is running an affordability-first campaign.

She put public education at the center, denouncing Abbott’s voucher plan that will give parents of about 100,000 children about $1 billion in taxpayer money for private tuition, calling it “his voucher scam” tied to millions from an out of state donor. She pledged to fire the head of the Texas Education Agency on day one and cast her bid as taking power back from corporate interests.

Around the convention she added billboards across downtown Corpus Christi accusing Abbott of corruption and claiming he steered $1 billion in no-bid contracts to donors. A new ad shows a “very hungry billionaire” taking bites out of healthcare funding, utility rates, public school budgets and proposed data centers to argue Abbott is selling out Texans.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources