Top Hispanic Republican in Texas says he will vote for Clinton

[riversedge]

Source: Texas Tribune





Top Hispanic Republican in Texas says he will vote for Clinton

by Patrick Svitek Oct. 24, 2016




A leading Hispanic Republican in Texas says he has decided to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Lionel Sosa, a veteran ad maker from San Antonio, told The Texas Tribune on Monday he will cast his ballot for Clinton to send a "clear statement" against Republican nominee Donald Trump's candidacy.

"I want to make sure that I do everything I can to see that Trump doesn’t get elected," said Sosa, who has worked for Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. "I'm doing this because I don't think he's a good representative of the Republican Party. It's not the Republican Party I know." .................

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/24/top-hispanic-republican-texas-will-vote-clinton/

[semby2]

1. Good, but

I'm happy to have his vote. But Trump IS the Republican party.

[cstanleytech]

2. Clearly Sosa has had his head buried in the sand for the past few decades because this is

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the exact same Republican party as it was 10, 20, 30 and 40+ years ago the only change is Trump is completely open and not trying to pretend to be anything else than the candidate that the Republicans nominated.

[Red State Prisoner]

5. That's not unusual down here.

Hispanics down here generally have their heads buried in the sand. I say this as a Hispanic who, I'm ashamed to admit, was once a republican himself. It wasn't until I moved from south Texas to Austin that I actually opened my eyes and began thinking for myself. As I see it, we democrats have to mobilize the Hispanic community into the powerful voting block it should be. With this segment of the population having remained largely silent over the decades, it's no surprise that Texas has become the stagnant and regressive prototype for republican politics.

[Chicago1980]

3. Seeing as Real Clear Politics recently moved Texas to "toss up",

I wonder if the defection of this high-profile republican Latino will persuade other latinos in the state to do the same thing in the next two weeks?

That would be interesting...

[ffr]

4. Clearly not the same party it was post WWII

I doubt many Rs look back to see how wildly they've veered off course. No populist message. Just hate.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Taco trucks on every corner!

I can't wait!