Republicans break up with Hispanics

[deminks]

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/204060-republicans-break-up-with-hispanics


Breakups are rough — regrets, pain and bitter memories. As Republicans in the House block immigration reform time after time, American Latinos get the message: It's over, don't call me. Have a good life.

Incapable of producing even one GOP vote in favor of the Democrats' last-ditch gamble at forcing an open vote of the House, the message to Latinos is crystalline. Whatever goodwill the clutch of pro-immigration reform House Republicans won in the last year since the Senate passed its bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill has now evaporated.

What remains are the weekly flip-flops by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the yelps of "amnesty" coming from a seemingly frightened Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the tiny fig leaf provided by Rep. Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) seven bills he's been talking about for a year and the shameful action to deport all Dreamers through the recently unanimous vote of the House Republican caucus's fantasy bill, the Enforce Act.

Some 15 months after former Gov. Mitt Romney's (R-Mass.) "self-deportation" turkey handed the Latino vote (not to mention the Asian-American electorate) to the Democrats, Republicans are still incapable of effectively dealing with an issue that commands big majorities of Americans – including Republicans.

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How's that reaching out thingy going for ya?

[Arugula Latte]

1. They're just not that into them. nt

[COLGATE4]

2. They seem to have convinced themselves

that they really don't need Hipanics (or African Americans) to win, so why bother? Their motto seems to be 'it's more trouble that it's worth'. Time will tell if they were right.

[Silent3]

5. They've got 100% of the Koch brothers demographic. That's all they think they need.

I fear sometimes they may be right.

[lpbk2713]

3. The best salesmen they could come up with were Jebbie and Rubio.

And if that was their best they shouldn't have even attempted
to reach out to the Hispanic/Cuban American community.

[demosincebirth]

4. Most of the Cubans are already in their corner. nt

[stevenleser]

6. The list of folks under the GOP bus is impressive. African Americans, Latinos, Women, LGBT, the poor

... If every one of the folks under the GOP bus realized the GOP was just not that into them and voted Democratic, the results would be overwhelming.

African Americans get it. All the rest of those folks need to get it too.

[B2G]

7. When were they ever together? nt

[Gothmog]

8. In Texas, Hispanic republicans are scared to death of Dan Patrick

Dan Patrick is a racist idiot who will be the GOP nominee for Lt. Governor. In Texas, Lt. Governor is actually more powerful than Governor. I was at an event where we met Leticia van de Putte's bus and we had a number of Hispanic republicans present who are going to vote Democratic if Dan Patrick is the GOP nominee