Interests of a 6-Year-Old Child

A six-year-old's interests are safety at school, well-funded public schools, healthcare when sick, non-deported parents, clean air and water, freedom from culture-war framing, and a livable climate future. Abbott's voucher law (which public-ed advocates say defunds the neighborhood school), permitless carry, post-Uvalde refusal to raise the rifle-age, Operation Lone Star (which can deport classmates' parents), Ten Commandments mandate (imposing religious content on first-graders), and SB 12's ban on LGBTQ student clubs (potentially affecting children's friend groups) all cut against the six-year-old's interests. Hinojosa's voucher opposition, anti-permitless-carry record, Medicaid-expansion proposal (covering uninsured pediatric care), defense of immigrant families, and opposition to the church-state package align directly. Hinojosa is substantially better-aligned with the six-year-old's interests on every major dimension.