Source: Blanche Darley Used Racial Slur

“That nigger paid off the Young Democrats!”

According to several sources that attended the Democratic Party’s State Convention those were the words shouted by Blanche Darley shortly before the El Paso caucus met. Witnesses tell me that she was referring to Don Williams, the new El Paso State Democratic Executive Committeeman.

According to the sources, she made the remark several times including once in the lobby of the Best Western Hotel and as the bus carrying the Paso Del Norte Tejano Democrats was off-loading passengers.

This is not the first time that Darley, the sister of long-time former State Rep Paul Moreno has been accused of using that slur. A couple of years back during the Presidential Election, several witnesses heard Darley say, “Leave it to Norma to support a nigger…” referring to her long-time rival, State Representative Norma Chavez who was supporting the then-candidate, now President Barack Obama.

Sources said that at a 3:30pm meeting at the Best Western Hotel, the Tejano Democrats held a closed-door meeting of their membership. Many members of the Tejano Democrats were going to support Tony Escobedo for the office of State Democratic Executive Committeeman.



Don Williams is also a member of the Tejano Democrats in addition to his membership in nearly every other Democratic Party Club in town including the Mexican-American Democrats, West Tejano Democrats, and the Stonewall Democrats.

During this meeting, the sources allege that Darley was addressing several members of the membership saying about Williams, “We’re gonna fuck him up…all he wants to do is help black people…He’s a racist, Don Williams doesn’t like Hispanic people.”

Don Williams’ wife is Ruth Ibarra-Williams. She happens to be Latina.

Several convention attendees say that she didn’t limit her comments to just Williams.

One conventioneer allegedly overheard Darley make a not-so cryptic threat at a reception for the Tejano Democrats at the Omni Hotel in Corpus Christi. The conventioneer said that Darley expressed appreciation to one member of the El Paso Caucus for voting in favor of the Tejano candidate for Executive Committeewoman, but then turned to another member of the caucus that didn’t vote for the Tejano candidate allegedly saying, “We never forget who votes against us, and we get even…”

The El Paso County Democratic Party Chair Danny Anchondo chose several members to serve as counters during votes. Typically the people selected are chosen as a measure of protection (so they don’t have to go on the record supporting a particular candidate or resolution).

One of the people chosen was Glen “Butch” Maya, who is the Chair of the UNITY campaign this go around. The UNITY campaign is an effort by the party to get past the factionalism that occurs in the party and gets everyone to rally around the party’s nominee.

Apparently Darley was not happy that Moya wasn’t taking a side and was a counter. An eye-witness tells me that Darley allegedly said, “Porque no sales afuera y te compras unos huevos? Alla anda un buey vendiendo huevos afuera.”



Apparently the decision was made during the closed door Tejanos meeting to pull their support for Tony Escobedo due to the controversial remarks made by Darley.

Don Williams said he spoke with Escobedo before the vote and Escobedo told him he was going to “back out because things were going to get rough.”

Darley’s initial allegation about a pay-off stems from the fact that the Black El Paso Democrats, of which Don Williams is the Chair, gave their membership $200 in order to attend the convention. That money could’ve been used for flight, gas, hotel, food, etc.

The Tejano Democrats tend to only belong to the Tejano Democrats while others, including a few members of the El Paso Young Democrats, are members of several Democratic Party clubs, including the Black El Paso Democrats, which is why they were entitled to the funds provided by the Black El Paso Democrats.

Most of the El Paso delegation to the legislature was present, but there were a couple of notable absences including Rep Elect Naomi Gonzalez, State Rep Chente Quintanilla, and out-going Senator Eliot Shapleigh.

Two attempts were made to contact Blanche Darley for comment. The first time she said she was busy and the second time a voicemail was left. Darley has yet to return a call.