Bill Clinton stumps in South Texas for Democrats ahead of Election Day

From left: Former President Bill Clinton; Michelle Vallejo, the Democratic candidate for Congressional District 15; and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, at a get-out-the-vote rally in Edinburg on Monday. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune)

Former President Bill Clinton made a last-minute push Monday for Democratic congressional candidates locked in tight races across South Texas.

Clinton traveled to Laredo in the morning to stump for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and then went to the Rio Grande Valley to boost Michelle Vallejo, who is running for an open seat. At both stops, Clinton sought to dispel Republican talking points on inflation and crime that are driving the election, and he warned the GOP could gut the social safety net and Obamacare if they take back the U.S. House majority.