House Speaker Mike Johnson Visits Harlingen to Discuss Border Concerns, Endorses Republican Candidate Eric Flores
House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Harlingen, Texas, to address border concerns and lend his support to Republican congressional candidate Eric Flores. Flores is challenging incumbent Democrat Congressman Vicente Gonzalez for the District 34 seat, which encompasses Cameron and Willacy counties and parts of eastern Hidalgo County. During his visit, Speaker Johnson held a closed-door meeting with local law enforcement officials from Cameron County and as far north as Corpus Christi. Johnson stated that the goal is to "flip this seat from blue to red," emphasizing the Republican stance on border security. This visit marks the first time a House Speaker has been to the Rio Grande Valley since then-Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit in 2019. Immigration remains a central issue in the upcoming November election, with Johnson and Flores advocating for stricter border enforcement. Congressman Gonzalez, in response, criticized Johnson and Flores for attempting to justify what he described as "rogue, abusive an... 
