White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, according toThe Hill Before I was born, my family crossed the border into Texas illegally. They heard that Texas was a land of opportunity. They knew they weren’t supposed to — it was against the law, after all — but really, what could they do? There were no jobs available near them. The farms were overworked. They needed a place where they could build a good life for their children and grandchildren. Coming to Texas, this expansive state where there is more land than people and where those who work hard can have a chance to get ahead, was the logical choice. “You just put yourself in that feeling that maybe you’ve had before – it’s the most visceral, intense, overwhelming feeling — so when it’s really great, it’s especially great, and when it’s really bad, it’s especially bad.” (It's hard to tell if she's talking about ex-boyfriend Robert Pattinson here, but hey, you never know. Either way, her description of first love is super #real and relatable.) “I think being trans is really why I’m in politics. I don’t think I’d be in politics if I wasn’t. I feel like I never really had a choice whether to be political or not, because I was born in rural North Carolina and I never really had to have the chance to develop any kind of wants or dreams like cis people do when they’re children. I was in a very rural, Evangelical area in a really transphobic family. So from a really young age, my only thought was just, ‘Am I going to survive to adulthood?’”Andrea Jenkins: