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Trump doesn't need to apologize, says Republicans' Hispanic outreach chief
Source: The Guardian
Trump doesn't need to apologize, says Republicans' Hispanic outreach chief
Helen Aguirre Ferré says presidential nominee needs
to ‘explain his tone’, but ‘don’t wait for an apology –
ask for solutions to the problems
Lauren Gambino
Tuesday 23 August 2016 15.00 BST
Donald Trump does not need to apologize for his incendiary remarks about Mexicans and an American-born federal judge’s heritage, said Helen Aguirre Ferré, the Republican National Committee’s director of Hispanic communications.
Asked whether the Republican presidential nominee owed the Hispanic community an apology, Aguirre Ferré was frank. “Don’t wait for an apology – ask for solutions to the problems,” she said on the Guardian’s Politics for Humans podcast.
“He needs to explain his tone and why he used the words he used and what he means by that – what are his policies and those of Hillary Clinton and how his are the ones that are really the answer to greater shared prosperity in our great country,” said Aguirre Ferré, a veteran journalist and adviser to the presidential campaign of former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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Aguirre Ferré, whose family is from Nicaragua, said she did not agree with some of Trump’s views, especially his characterization of Latinos. But she said she tries to make clear to friends and family that the 2016 election is a “binary choice”.
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Helen Aguirre Ferré says presidential nominee needs
to ‘explain his tone’, but ‘don’t wait for an apology –
ask for solutions to the problems
Lauren Gambino
Tuesday 23 August 2016 15.00 BST
Donald Trump does not need to apologize for his incendiary remarks about Mexicans and an American-born federal judge’s heritage, said Helen Aguirre Ferré, the Republican National Committee’s director of Hispanic communications.
Asked whether the Republican presidential nominee owed the Hispanic community an apology, Aguirre Ferré was frank. “Don’t wait for an apology – ask for solutions to the problems,” she said on the Guardian’s Politics for Humans podcast.
“He needs to explain his tone and why he used the words he used and what he means by that – what are his policies and those of Hillary Clinton and how his are the ones that are really the answer to greater shared prosperity in our great country,” said Aguirre Ferré, a veteran journalist and adviser to the presidential campaign of former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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Aguirre Ferré, whose family is from Nicaragua, said she did not agree with some of Trump’s views, especially his characterization of Latinos. But she said she tries to make clear to friends and family that the 2016 election is a “binary choice”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/23/donald-trump-rnc-hispanic-director-apology
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