Deirdre Gilbert in 2022 TX Governor's race

On Abortion: Life is life! We cannot choose!

{LIFE IS LIFE! WE CAN NOT CHOOSE}

RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY: Respect for human dignity is the human rights framework that establishes that "ALL" deserve respect. Respect for human dignity plays a crucial role in attaining a more peaceful and sustainable world. Our lives have an unimpeachable value simply because "WE" are human.

{DIGNITY IS THE FRAMEWORK OF HUMANITY}

On Civil Rights: Include people from varied backgrounds for policy diversity

On Civil Rights: Consistent Justice for All

• The Government Accountability Project
• The Black Heritage Society
• Greater Houston Coalition for Justice
• Make it Safe Campaign
• The National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association
• The National Association for Probate Reform & Advocacy
• NAACP- Health Chair Committee-Missouri City Chapter
• National Congress of Black Women

On Civil Rights: Diversity is not divisive: include different genders

{DIVERSITY IS NOT DIVISIVE}

PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTABILITY: In a democracy, the principle of accountability holds that those that have been given authority, the responsibility to serve the citizenry. That responsibility must have morally based obligations and duties to "ALL" and not "SOME."

On Crime: WE THE PEOPLE have been stripped of constitutional rights

We have had a one-sided plan that benefits those in power but forgets about WE THE PEOPLE. We've seen back door legislation that interfere with our health care by making laws that make it harder for injured people to use class action rules that can expose widespread harms of dangerous products, makes it easier for corporations to get a judge to dismiss an injured American's case before it gets to trial, bar cases by saying the injured assumed the risk, alter rules, deter lawsuits by punishing injured Americans by requiring them to pay corporate attorneys' fees if jury award a significantly lower settlement, bar injured Americans from getting any damages from corporations whose products injure them, allow doctors who have histories of alcohol and drug abuse, rape, sexual assault, and murder to practice medicine, with no legal recourse.

On Drugs: Community-based alternatives instead of mandatory minimums

Back door legislation interferes with our criminal system by increasing time served for drug offenses through mandatory minimum sentencing, creating barriers to alternatives to prison such as community-based corrections programs, making it a felony to steal from retail establishments, regardless of the value of the property stolen.

On Education: Invest in the state's education system

On Government Reform: Texas has a 150 year history of voter suppression

On Health Care: Should not punish people for refusing to get vaccinated

"We as a government can find those other options, that we can find legal remedies that are not so punitive," Gilbert said. When asked further about the COVID-19 vaccine, Gilbert would not share if she's vaccinated, saying that information is too private to divulge.

On Health Care: Attention in healthcare laws for the least of us

"After the death of my daughter, I started digging into court reform," she said. "Once I started getting into that, I started seeing some laws and bills and all kinds of things that were just not favorable for the least of us. My political leaders were just not interested or claimed they couldn't do anything."

Gilbert said that since she couldn't find anyone to speak up for her rights and the rights of others, she'd be the one to do it. So she partnered with nonprofits and other local activists to teach people about how to protect themselves from "discriminatory practices."

"Somebody [had] to start standing up, to start speaking out about the laws that were being passed that were not conducive to minorities specifically and then just the people," she said.

On Jobs: Served as union representative in Houston schools

"While I was teaching school, I always fought for rights," Gilbert said. "I was a union representative and always fighting for teachers' rights and fighting for somebody's rights. But, I knew that my life was a little bit more than those four walls although I did not know what it would be until I came across a narcissistic principal and that drove me out."

On Principles & Values: Suing to get on ballot after rejected by state officials

On Principles & Values: I believe that God has put me on the road for campaign

"This is not just a fame and fortune thing, but this is really something I believe that God has put me on the road to do," Gilbert said. "Now, I don't know at the end of that road whether if I'm going to win or not. But, I do know that the road that I'm running and I believe that the road the other women are running as well, that there is a purpose [and] that we all have something in common: Maybe it is yes, we are Black females. But, I think we know, too, that we are capable of doing a job that they say we are incapable of doing."

From lack of visibility to minimal donations, Gilbert said what she's currently experiencing isn't exclusive to her campaign. After talking with other Black women running for governor in their respective states, she found out she was not alone.

On Tax Reform: One-sided power makes tax cuts for the wealthy permanent

Back door legislation makes tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, makes it easier of tax cheaters to get away with ripping off the public by removing incentives for investigating and prosecuting tax cheats, allowing a small amount of legislators to thwart tax increases by amending state constitutions.

On Welfare & Poverty: Responsibility to serve the citizenry: "ALL" and not "SOME"

• The value of freedom is the foundation that gives all of us the ability to live as we choose. framework that establishes that "ALL" deserve respect. Respect for human dignity plays a crucial role in attaining a more peaceful and sustainable world. Our lives have an unimpeachable value simply because "WE" are human.
• In a democracy, the principle of accountability holds that those that have been given authority, the responsibility to serve the citizenry. That responsibility must have morally based obligations and duties to "ALL" and not "SOME."

On Immigration: No stance on border immigration

There is no doubt that the candidate elected this year to the governor's office will face many challenges with the border, which is why it is important to understand what their stances and policies are. Luckily, KETK has compiled a list of all gubernatorial candidates in Texas with information regarding their stances on the border.

• Deirdre does not seem to have a concrete stance on the issue of our border.
• Don Huffines plans to "shut down the border."
• Chad Prather 's main goal is to put Texas first, and that especially goes for the border.
• Allen West: Border security is one of the top priorities on his agenda.
• Beto O'Rourke says "As governor, I will never use border communities or law enforcement as a political prop."