Texas House Rep. Gina Hinojosa kicked off her campaign for governor Wednesday night in Brownsville, the border town where she was born and raised.

"This is the Valley community that raised me and made me the woman I am today," Hinojosa said. "I am a proud product of a Texas public school."

Hinojosa had announced she was the latest Democrat to join the race that morning in a video on social media that took aim at Gov. Greg Abbott and said Texans need to fight back against the Republican's leadership of the Lone Star State.

"Our fight right now is against the billionaires and the corporations who are driving up prices, closing our neighborhood schools, and cheating Texans out of basic healthcare," Hinojosa said.

She continued doing the same throughout the kickoff event, blaming Abbott

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