RNC Chair Reince Preibus pushed his alternate version of reality this morning on “The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd,” when he tried to insist that Obama and the Democrats are to blame for not passing immigration reform, rather than the Republicans. As Preibus said about passing immigration legislation (h/t...
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Hispanic Heritage Month continues, and the GOP still doesn’t get it. After a video that House Republicans released earlier this week was mocked across the internet for its vague platitudes and tone-deafness, RNC Chairman Reince Preibus is now witlessly jumping into the fray. Earlier this year, the RNC portmortem report...
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Telling Latino Immigrants to Get to the Back of the Bus Not an Effective Way to Conduct Latino Outreach Last week the Republican National Committee (RNC) passed a new immigration resolution that was intended to reach out to Latino voters. Instead, it showed how much work the GOP still has to...
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A new Kansas City Star column by Mary Sanchez highlights the striking differences between the Democratic and Republican Conventions when it comes to demographic diversity. “A Herman Cain here and a Marco Rubio there won’t do the trick. In Charlotte, network cameras couldn’t focus on one face without also...
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Mary Sanchez Column Says DNC Shows “How America is Really Shaded” A new Kansas City Star column by Mary Sanchez highlights the striking differences between the Democratic and Republican Conventions when it comes to demographic diversity. “A Herman Cain here and a Marco Rubio there won’t do the trick....
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We wrote about the Republican National Convention last week and how the GOP predictably failed to say anything substantial on immigration policy. As Univision’s Jordan Fabian reported: no speaker took the opportunity to address the topic, and that gaping absence stood out like a sore thumb. (emphasis in original) Luckily,...
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By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions (Cross-posted at Latino Vote Matters): After a week in the spotlight in which many prominent Latinos took to the stage at the RNC Convention, the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll finds a noticeable bump in support for Romney and Republicans among Latinos, as reported by Pilar Marrero. The question...
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