GOP ramps up effort to woo Texas minorities

By now, there’s a chance you’ve seen Republicans’ latest effort to make inroads into communities that have typically backed Democrats. The Republican National Committee has opened 10 community centers, including four in Texas in Dallas, McAllen, Laredo and San Antonio. And their goal is clear: woo minority voters to the party.

“There is movement across the Hispanic community and minority communities towards the GOP in big numbers and we think it’s going to be an important bloc going into 2022,” RNC regional communications director Alex Kuehler said on Inside Texas Politics.

While you may be used to seeing political field offices across Texas and other states, where volunteers typically make phone calls or go knock on doors, Kuehler says the community centers are different and more communal. He says there will be movie nights, pot-luck dinners, even job training.