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My name is Hiram.
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I'm here with Domingo, your co-host and best attorney in Dallas, and we're here with Erica Ledfred running for State Board of Education.
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How are you doing, Erica?
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I'm doing fine.
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How are you?
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So good.
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I'm doing great.
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Domingo, how's how's your day going here at this convention?
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Aquí estamos en corpus, you know?
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Homo Homo Salina and where Lulak was founded.
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It's a spiritual home, Eric.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Erica, tell us a little bit about yourself.
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Like what brought you to run for State Board of Education?
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Well, number one, I'm a mom.
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Yeah.
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I have raised my kids in the Texas public school system from kindergarten to college.
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That's number one.
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But by trade, I'm an educator.
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So I've been keeping a close eye on our state board of education, and I wanted to make a difference because right now we need help at that board.
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Yeah, no, I I agree.
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And let me ask you like, you know, if you had to like summarize like your campaign and like three simple points, which is difficult to do, I'm sure, what what would those be?
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Well, number one, I'm running to protect our public schools from privatization schemes.
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Number two, I'm running to guide our Texas public education through the AI era responsibly.
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Artificial intelligence is in our school and needs to be got rail and needs to be done responsibly.
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And number three, I'm running for curriculum that is rooted in real opportunity in this changing world.
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And th those are my three pillars.
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What do you think about the current State Board of Education have been basically whitewashing the history books, taking out all the Tejanos and our contributions to Texas, African American contributions, Native American contributions, uh gay you know contributions.
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What do you think it needs to be done to stop, you know, uh our our books that our kids are reading not having everybody who was real?
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I mean, like the first that we were the founders of San Antonio and El Paso and uh you know Amarillo and so on.
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Yes, well, number one, we need to flip the board.
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We only need three Democrats and we flip that board.
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Because the the current situation with the majority Republican, they are all Christian nationalists, whitewashing or history or rich history.
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There is like y you said, uh Lizza Garcia, you know, we have this uh Hispanic rooted history in our community, Mexican-American history.
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They are they are completely erasing.
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Yeah, we are in Texas.
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I mean, to to take that route from our books, from our history, is a disservice to our current, present, and the future for our children.
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The crooked insurance companies have only one goal: to pay you nothing or as little as possible.
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Domingo Garcia, recovering millions for the hardworking people of Texas, including a$32 million verdict.
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Demand a legend, demand Domingo Tehano Tough.
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And as a mom, like, what have you seen personally that's hurt you the most?
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That's hurt our children and our education system.
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What's the curriculum?
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The curriculum number one, because the uh think about it, the children right now they are in first grade kindergarten.
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Now they are going to be forced to read the Bible and forced to forget the rich history of our Mexican American, of our Hispanic community, or African American community, and every other group that has lifted this state to be the way that we are right now.
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Absolutely, yeah.
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All right.
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So don't you know election?
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Oh my god.
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You called her out.
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Like my wife, you know, she's a lot of Silanga.
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Well, I immigrated to the United States from Argentina.
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Yeah.
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Well, I've been in Buenos Aires when I llegated, but be a time in Cordova too.
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All right, so I'm appointed a Messi Argentina?
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You know, as much as I love Argentina, so quisiera que la Copa fuera for Mexico.
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All right.
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She's politically correct.
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I'd be funny though to have Trump hand over the World Cup to Mexico.
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I mean, you know what?
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That'd be a political historic moment for sure.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's the uh a lot of people don't know what the State Board of Education does.
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Can you tell them just a little bit what you do?
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Yes, the State Board of Education is the government body that teaches the entire state.
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They take care of the curriculum, they take care of the money, the budget for the for the entire state, and they have 30 plus other duties that is or managerial for anything related to education, primary, secondary, and part uh collegial as well.
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Oh, super important.
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I mean, like, without that, we don't got Texas because our children build Texas.
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And and remember, Rasa, your vote counts, Suboto Vale, and uh you gotta go down the ballot, by the way.
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Everybody goes down and they okay I'm gonna vote for Senate or Governor.
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But State Board of Education is just as important.
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It affects our children, our children's future, but you gotta go down that ballot and vote for that.
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Yes, absolutely.
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Gracias.
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No, thank you.
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If we need to learn more about you, how can people contribute to your campaign?
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How can people find you?
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Uh yeah, shout yourself out.
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Yes, please visit www.letferfortexas.com and you can find all my socials and how to please donate, and we can go from there.
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Yes.
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All right.
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Okay, Raza, remember go vote, and the elections are here in November 2026.
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How about that?
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And listen to us on Spotify, Instagram, all your favorite platforms.
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This is the Hano Talks educating you about the most important things, including the State Board of Education campaign by Erica Ledford.
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Thank you for being with us.
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Thank you.
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My name is Hiram.
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I'm here with Domingo, your co-host and best attorney in Dallas, and we're here with Erica Ledfred running for State Board of Education.
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How are you doing, Erica?
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I'm doing fine.
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How are you?
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So good.
00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:32.640
I'm doing great.
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Domingo, how's how's your day going here at this convention?
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Aquí estamos en corpus, you know?
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.000
Homo Homo Salina and where Lulak was founded.
00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:42.079
It's a spiritual home, Eric.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Erica, tell us a little bit about yourself.
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Like what brought you to run for State Board of Education?
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Well, number one, I'm a mom.
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Yeah.
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.159
I have raised my kids in the Texas public school system from kindergarten to college.
00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.759
That's number one.
00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:02.479
But by trade, I'm an educator.
00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:12.560
So I've been keeping a close eye on our state board of education, and I wanted to make a difference because right now we need help at that board.
00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:14.239
Yeah, no, I I agree.
00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:24.480
And let me ask you like, you know, if you had to like summarize like your campaign and like three simple points, which is difficult to do, I'm sure, what what would those be?
00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:30.159
Well, number one, I'm running to protect our public schools from privatization schemes.
00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:37.599
Number two, I'm running to guide our Texas public education through the AI era responsibly.
00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:43.760
Artificial intelligence is in our school and needs to be got rail and needs to be done responsibly.
00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:50.560
And number three, I'm running for curriculum that is rooted in real opportunity in this changing world.
00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.439
And th those are my three pillars.
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What do you think about the current State Board of Education have been basically whitewashing the history books, taking out all the Tejanos and our contributions to Texas, African American contributions, Native American contributions, uh gay you know contributions.
00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:17.280
What do you think it needs to be done to stop, you know, uh our our books that our kids are reading not having everybody who was real?
00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:23.439
I mean, like the first that we were the founders of San Antonio and El Paso and uh you know Amarillo and so on.
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.560
Yes, well, number one, we need to flip the board.
00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.719
We only need three Democrats and we flip that board.
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Because the the current situation with the majority Republican, they are all Christian nationalists, whitewashing or history or rich history.
00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:52.000
There is like y you said, uh Lizza Garcia, you know, we have this uh Hispanic rooted history in our community, Mexican-American history.
00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.439
They are they are completely erasing.
00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:56.719
Yeah, we are in Texas.
00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:06.080
I mean, to to take that route from our books, from our history, is a disservice to our current, present, and the future for our children.
00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.560
The crooked insurance companies have only one goal: to pay you nothing or as little as possible.
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:17.280
Domingo Garcia, recovering millions for the hardworking people of Texas, including a$32 million verdict.
00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.199
Demand a legend, demand Domingo Tehano Tough.
00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:27.039
And as a mom, like, what have you seen personally that's hurt you the most?
00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.520
That's hurt our children and our education system.
00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.039
What's the curriculum?
00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:37.919
The curriculum number one, because the uh think about it, the children right now they are in first grade kindergarten.
00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:58.319
Now they are going to be forced to read the Bible and forced to forget the rich history of our Mexican American, of our Hispanic community, or African American community, and every other group that has lifted this state to be the way that we are right now.
00:03:58.719 --> 00:03:59.439
Absolutely, yeah.
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All right.
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So don't you know election?
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Oh my god.
00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:05.439
You called her out.
00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:11.840
Like my wife, you know, she's a lot of Silanga.
00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.399
Well, I immigrated to the United States from Argentina.
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Yeah.
00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.199
Well, I've been in Buenos Aires when I llegated, but be a time in Cordova too.
00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:29.839
All right, so I'm appointed a Messi Argentina?
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You know, as much as I love Argentina, so quisiera que la Copa fuera for Mexico.
00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:44.399
All right.
00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.399
She's politically correct.
00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:51.680
I'd be funny though to have Trump hand over the World Cup to Mexico.
00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:52.480
I mean, you know what?
00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.040
That'd be a political historic moment for sure.
00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:55.920
Yeah.
00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:01.120
Well, it's the uh a lot of people don't know what the State Board of Education does.
00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:02.720
Can you tell them just a little bit what you do?
00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:08.399
Yes, the State Board of Education is the government body that teaches the entire state.
00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:25.600
They take care of the curriculum, they take care of the money, the budget for the for the entire state, and they have 30 plus other duties that is or managerial for anything related to education, primary, secondary, and part uh collegial as well.
00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:27.439
Oh, super important.
00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:31.519
I mean, like, without that, we don't got Texas because our children build Texas.
00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:36.800
And and remember, Rasa, your vote counts, Suboto Vale, and uh you gotta go down the ballot, by the way.
00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:39.600
Everybody goes down and they okay I'm gonna vote for Senate or Governor.
00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.000
But State Board of Education is just as important.
00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:46.560
It affects our children, our children's future, but you gotta go down that ballot and vote for that.
00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:47.439
Yes, absolutely.
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Gracias.
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No, thank you.
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If we need to learn more about you, how can people contribute to your campaign?
00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:54.720
How can people find you?
00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:56.480
Uh yeah, shout yourself out.
00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:05.839
Yes, please visit www.letferfortexas.com and you can find all my socials and how to please donate, and we can go from there.
00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:06.240
Yes.
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All right.
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Okay, Raza, remember go vote, and the elections are here in November 2026.
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How about that?
00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.319
And listen to us on Spotify, Instagram, all your favorite platforms.
00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:26.160
This is the Hano Talks educating you about the most important things, including the State Board of Education campaign by Erica Ledford.
00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:26.959
Thank you for being with us.
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Thank you.
