Monique Orellana

“I would vote for Republicans if I felt they were going to do what they said they were going to do. Right now I’m not feeling it,”

Monique Orellana · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04

Orellana, a 46-year-old Texas voter, told Al Jazeera she was not feeling supportive of Republicans.

“Trump said he wasn’t going to start a war, and he did anyway. And he said he was going to fix the price of groceries on day one. They went up anyway. I still don’t know why they started this war and why it’s still going. But right now it’s just hope,”

Monique Orellana · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04

Orellana criticized Trump for starting a war and failing to lower grocery prices as promised.

“It’s name-calling and stuff like that. They don’t ever give anything about their policies. It’s just like ‘Talafreako’ [a nickname for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico coined by his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, and adopted by US President Donald Trump] and all of that,”

Monique Orellana · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04

Orellana criticized candidates for name-calling rather than discussing policies, referencing the nickname 'Talafreako.'