Claire Valdez
ON THE RECORD · 5 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“we haven't just won an election. We have declared that this movement is durable — that it is growing, and that it will not stop until working people are no longer asked to just build the table, no longer just offered a seat at the table, but will run the table.”
Claire Valdez · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-04
Valdez declared in her victory speech after winning her New York primary that the progressive movement is durable and growing.
“And I'm strengthened not just by Mexico's history but its present.”
Claire Valdez · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18
Valdez stated she is strengthened by Mexico's history and its present.
“I'll carry that fight with me to Congress as New York's first Mexican-American representative,”
Claire Valdez · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18
Valdez pledged to carry the fight inspired by Mexico's independence struggle into Congress.
“standing up to the empires and corporations that have always taken from us — and building a government for the working class. Viva la Independencia, Viva México!”
Claire Valdez · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18
Valdez said she met members of the Morena Party who are standing up to empires and corporations.
“215 years ago, Mexicans fought an empire that demanded our land and our labor. And we won.”
Claire Valdez · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18
Valdez wrote in a tweet about Mexico's history of fighting an empire.