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Dem Candidate and Musician Hoping to Flip Texas GOP Seat Toured with Convicted Child Sex Offender

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Dem Candidate and Musician Hoping to Flip Texas GOP Seat Toured with Convicted Child Sex Offender

Do Democrats not have access to background check infrastructure that, say, every other political party in a first-world nation has? Or are they simply so bowled over by the prospect of celebrity that they’ll just ignore numerous red flags?

This is an open question in the case of Bobby Pulido. You may not have heard of him, but in the world of Tejano music — a genre of Spanish-language pop music generally performed by American-residing artists (Tejano means Texan en español) — the man is a star.

In Tejas, where the Democrats hope to flip a few seats in the midterms, Pulido seemed to be a great choice to nominate in order to turn the 15th Congressional District from rojo to azul. The hope is that he’ll unseat GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz, who has held the seat since 2023 and won by substantial margins the last two elections. The district has been redrawn, however, giving the Democrats more of a chance, especially with a pop star as the nominee.

Except for the fact that Pulido is a serial creep — and as part of his public profile, no less, which you think they’d have turned up.

In the latest scandal to hit the Pulido camp, it turns out that Pulido had performed numerous times with Frankie Caballero, another Tejano artist who served four years in prison for indecent contact with an 8-year-old girl.

While Pulido’s contacts with Caballero began in the 1990s, before the accordionist’s 2014 conviction on the sex crimes charges, Pulido continued to perform with him long after the conviction, the New York Post reported.

“Caballero appeared with the Tejano singer at........

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