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U.S. citizenship -- Edit Request

Please add the following sentence concerning her citizenship in the early life and education section of the article:

Flores became a U.S. citizen at 14 years old.^[1]

Thank you.2601:2C6:C080:4070:0:0:0:322F (talk) 02:56, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done —twotwofourtysix^{(My talk page and contributions)} 03:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, —twotwofourtysix^{(My talk page and contributions)} -- 2601:2C6:C080:4070:0:0:0:322F (talk) 13:26, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Harris, Cayla. What to know about Texas Republican Mayra Flores, the first congresswoman-elect born in Mexico, San Antonio Express-News, June 15, 2022.

qanon

she embraces qanon someone add that source: https://www.businessinsider.com/flores-joins-greene-and-boebert-in-having-referenced-qanon-2022-6?r=US&IR=T https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mayra-flores-texas-congress-qanon-1368616/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C6:0:A550:EC90:8830:3690:6876 (talk) 05:39, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Person or Woman

First Mexican born congresswoman or congressperson? 64.53.212.155 (talk) 00:06, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

does it matter? PRAXIDICAE🌈 00:07, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it does, because Chuy Garcia is also Mexican-born. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:12, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly per Muboshgu. It is very misleading to say that Flores is the first Mexican-born congressperson overall when in reality she's the first Mexican-born congresswoman. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:54, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Religion is important to mention in personal life section

As with DeSantis it is important to mention religion in personal life, especially with someone who ran on “God, Family, Country”, #MakeAmericaGodlyAgain, includes pro-God in their running platform, and tweets about wanting neither GOP nor Democrat but instead for us to turn back to the Lamb.

She is a Roman Catholic.^[1] And often tweets about Jesus, the Bible, and her Christian Values. Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 18:35, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I’m adding it back because it is relevant. Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 18:36, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Praxidicae Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 18:37, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Her tweets are irrelevant, unless sources are reporting her as Catholic, the extent to which we should cover her catholicism is "she is catholic." Her tweeting bible quotes doesn't say that. Further, the sources you've used are not reliable and you should not add it back until you get consensus, if such consensus exists. PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:38, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If there's a reliable source for what Christian denomination she is, a short "She is catholic." in her personal life section would be good, as that's a reasonable question many readers would have. ~~Googling around, I can't seem to find anything about it though.~~ That her son underwent Catholic confirmation does not mean that she herself is Catholic; for instance, her husband might be Catholic and she might not be. Endwise (talk) 19:16, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Scratch that, NYT says she is an evangelical Christian: "Ms. Flores, an evangelical Christian". Endwise (talk) 19:20, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If she campaigned on "Christian values" and such, why not just add them into the #Elections section or the 2022 Texas's 34th congressional district special election article? —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 01:43, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Alexandra, Ciufudean. "How Mayra Flores' Border Patrol husband video helped win her a Congress seat". The Focus. Retrieved 2022-07-06. Flores and her husband have four kids. Their youngest daughter, Milani, just finished kindergarden and their eldest son, John Michael, just received his initiation into the Catholic Church, the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Evangelicals don’t have a Sacrament of Confirmation only Orthodox and Catholics do. Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 20:30, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well unless sources state otherwise, we go with what we've got. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:34, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Then also state that she is far right, since you take everything in that article as fact. Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 20:38, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protestantism considers it a rite not a sacrament Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 20:39, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You don't seem to understand how Wikipedia woks. Unless sources say it, we don't include it. And as pointed out above, just because her child received communion does not mean she is Catholic. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:39, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NYT is simply incorrect here. She's Catholic. Her son got confirmed, she's posted Catholic content on Facebook, and she's from a region that's monolithically Hispanic and Catholic. Legistorm says she is Catholic. The NYT has piss-poor religion coverage so it doesn't shock me they'd get this wrong. Toa Nidhiki05 00:30, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing where Legistorm indicates that. Can you point me to it? --ZimZalaBim ^talk 00:48, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Odd, the link doesn't like to work. Google "mayra flores" "legistorm" "catholic" and it will show it. Toa Nidhiki05 01:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. But now the question is what are they basing this on? (Personally, I'm not familiar with Legistorm or how they gather their profile information). --ZimZalaBim ^talk 01:34, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what Legistorm is either. Do we have reason to trust them? Regardless though, I think I am beginning to doubt the NYT here as well. The only mention I can find of Flores being an evangelical Christian on the internet is that NYT article or people quoting it, whereas I can find "Catholic" everywhere else (albeit in unreliable sources). So I'm for sure a bit suspicious. Endwise (talk) 04:55, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have to log in to see it. Log in to LegiStorm or alternatively just search “legistorm mayra flores” into search bar and click on it, it should show it then without log in required.

Here [Mayra Flores - LegiStorm]

I already showed you that LegiStorm had been accepted by schools for educational purposes.

LegiStorm has been cited by relatively non-partisan and respected news sources such as Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congress-ethics/rpt-u-s-lawmakers-travel-the-world-on-lobbyists-tab-idUSL2N0GK0XS20130819), CNN (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/26/politics/congressional-pay-survey/index.html), NY times trusts it as a source (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/07/us/TRIPS.html), and Politico (https://www.politico.com/news/legistorm). Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 22:21, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here https://archive.ph/oAjiv%7CRep. Mayra Flores - LegiStorm

Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 22:23, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://archive.ph/oAjiv (Corrected link for archived) Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 22:24, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with legistorm is that it's basically just using re-uploaded campaign data (ie. forms) which is a WP:BLPPRIVACY issue among other things. PRAXIDICAE🌈 22:26, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessarily in this case, as Flores promoting her religion in campaign materials points to the conclusion that "the subject does not object to the details being made public" as per WP:BLPPRIVACY. Somers-all-the-time (talk) 23:48, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It was agreed that it could be used for wiki articles on representatives I believe. Solidarityandfreedom (talk) 22:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2024

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Mayra is known to post stolen photos of authentic Mexican food as her own. If she lies about cooking food, just imagine what else she lies about. Mayra does not know how to cook. 24.92.120.2 (talk) 17:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Liu1126 (talk) 17:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"False Claim" of January 6th as stated in Wiki-description

The allegation that Antifa, FBI operatives (such as Ray Epps), in conjunction with the denial of National Guard Troops by DC Mayor Bowser, Nancy Pelosi and some in the DC Capitol police, is false is NONSENSE. It is TRUE as an abundance of evidence shows. How Wikipedia would leave a opinionated claim where only facts should exists is what prevents financial support for this information source. Changes would do Wiki good. The fact is her claims are TRUE And CORRECT. This was a set up to make Trump look bad. The Insurrection was on Nov. 3rd - Election Night - See the result in the Navarro Report (Part 1, page 4) where President Trump was winning in Pennsylvania by 555,000 votes at Midnight, Trump was up 356,000 in Georgia at midnight, and the other states where counting stopped! Our media went along with these claims where they are 'allegedly' infiltrated by our very own CIA. The Cover-Up that sealed the deal on the Insurrection was on January 6th! And the Uniparty now runs America! 2603:7081:7600:9785:19B9:ED7C:C60A:7FA9 (talk) 16:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Harris, Cayla. What to know about Texas Republican Mayra Flores, the first congresswoman-elect born in Mexico, San Antonio Express-News, June 15, 2022.

[2] Alexandra, Ciufudean. "How Mayra Flores' Border Patrol husband video helped win her a Congress seat". The Focus. Retrieved 2022-07-06. Flores and her husband have four kids. Their youngest daughter, Milani, just finished kindergarden and their eldest son, John Michael, just received his initiation into the Catholic Church, the Sacrament of Confirmation.

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