Kevin McCarthy

Sin duda, es inagotable el tema de la hipocresía republicana. Ahora resulta que los mismos republicanos que guardaban silencio cuando el entonces presidente Donald Trump se deshacía en halagos hacia el autócrata Vladimir Putin, ahora quieren hacerse los defensores de la democracia ante la invasión rusa a Ucrania. Es... Continue »

Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week. In the parallel world in which Republicans live, their central figure—former President Donald Trump, the king... Continue »

En el mundo paralelo en que viven los republicanos, su figura central —el expresidente Donald Trump, el rey de las mentiras y de las teorías conspiratorias— lanza una plataforma social, irónicamente llamada Verdad (TRUTH Social), tras ser vetado por las tradicionales redes sociales de Twitter y Facebook. Ello, por promover mentiras... Continue »

Washington, DC – Arizona Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon’s despicable ad where he depicts shooting the President, the Speaker of the House and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is being widely condemned by observers in his state and across the country (read our take here). Yet elements of the ad... Continue »

Bill Introduction Is Cynical Politics, Not Good Faith Legislation Washington, DC – Yesterday, South Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar introduced immigration legislation titled “The Dignity Act,” which we characterized as “a press release aimed at immigrant voters in her Florida district … designed to burnish her re-election chances,... Continue »

America’s Voice reacts to Rep. Salazar immigration bill Washington, DC – Today, South Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar introduced immigration legislation titled “The Dignity Act.” Her office describes the proposal as a “reasonable and compassionate approach” that “will finally fix an immigration system that has been broken for... Continue »

Positive Steps, Huge Disappointments Introduction It’s impossible to evaluate President Biden’s first-year progress on immigration policy without starting with the former guy. Under President Trump, immigrants were subjected to cruel policies that threw the system into chaos. Championed by the then-President, formulated by White House advisor Stephen Miller, and... Continue »

Democrats Must Respond to this Threat to Democracy and the Well-Being of All Working Families On the evening of August 11, 2017, an organized mass of white supremacists marched with tiki torches through Charlottesville, Virginia. This Ku Klux Klan simulacrum chanted anti-Semitic and white nationalist slogans including “Jews will... Continue »

America’s Voice   “Worst of All Worlds” – Why Biden’s Border and Immigration Policies Need a Reset English CNN GOP zeroes in on Biden’s immigration record ahead of midterm elections By Priscilla Alvarez January 14, 2022 Daily Kos Kevin McCarthy promises to keep his district’s undocumented farmworkers vulnerable to... Continue »

America’s Voice   Kevin McCarthy and the GOP Choose Nativism Over Our Economy English El Semanario (CO, NM) Immigration also builds democracy By David Torres January 13, 2022 Washington Post Schumer sets up final Senate confrontation on voting rights and the filibuster By Mike DeBonis January 12, 2022 Politico... Continue »