ICYMI: NRCC & Eric Flores Open New Battlestation in Harlingen

In case you missed it, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) officially opened a new battlestation office in Harlingen. The new battlestation will serve as the nerve center of a robust grassroots effort to organize volunteers, turn out voters, and expand Republican support across South Texas to defeat out of touch Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in November.

Watch Eric Flores’ remarks from the grand opening of the NRCC battlestation in Harlingen, where he outlined his vision for South Texas.

Read more here or read excerpts below. 

NRCC Opens CD 34 “Battlestation” in South Texas
The Texas Voice
June 8, 2026

A packed house assembled in Harlingen on Saturday evening to celebrate the grand opening of a “battlestation” by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), as Republican challenger Eric Flores seeks to oust Democrat incumbent Congressman Vicente Gonzalez in Congressional District 34. 

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Speaking to the crowd, Eric Flores promised to be an effective voice for South Texas in Congress and criticized incumbent Democrat Vicente Gonzalez for lacking leadership.

“South Texas is number one in my heart, and I can tell you that my opponent is trying to crush every value that South Texas stands for: family, faith, and service, and that’s not who we are in South Texas,” remarked Eric Flores. 

“We have major ports, a thriving energy sector, world-class agriculture. Military installations that are critical to our national defense when it comes to CCAD and NAS Kingsville. There is absolutely no reason South Texas should be sitting, settling for second. We must be settling for first every single day. As I said earlier, we don’t lack talent. The problem is we don’t lack opportunity. What we lack is leadership. For nearly a decade in South Texas, we’ve had a representative who’s been a no-show, do nothing in Congress, and what I call a glorified piece of furniture in DC, collecting a check.”

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Flores called out Gonzalez’s conduct during his speech.

“[Gonzalez] acts like a five-year-old child on Facebook to his own constituents, whether they’re Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever the case may be. Our representative in DC should be focused on one thing, and that’s delivering for South Texas and Texas 34,” said Flores. 

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