Incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are facing criticism from Republican candidate Tano Tijerina’s campaign over a new advertisement, which Tijerina’s campaign says misrepresents his comments and makes a false claim about a proposed data center tied to his wife’s family.
\n\nCuellar’s ad features Tijerina saying that “data centers are extremely good,” but his full comment was, “Data centers are extremely good with regulation.”
\n\nThe ad also claims Tijerina “doesn’t care” if data centers “take our water” and raise electricity prices. Tijerina has publicly pledged to “protect our water, land, and rural communities from data centers and developments that take more than they give” and signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. During his tenure as Webb County Judge, no data center has come before the Commissioners Court.
\n\nThe ad further claims Tijerina’s family “planned to build a data center in South Texas.” However, a square labeled “data center” was mistakenly superimposed on the Talise development plan “without the owner’s prior knowledge or approval” and “its inclusion was an error.” No company has applied to build a data center in Laredo, and the developer’s attorney said there are no plans for one.
\n\nTijerina told Breitbart News…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/
