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Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration
[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/25/biden-senior-latina-adviser-quits-073553?fbclid=IwAR13aa29mXXZnxhxjEYTmRcYzSUjsCoFsj099Er1YbeqsoKyfEwXvkzlX24|
Cárdenas departure is the latest in a string of troubles Bidens campaign has had with Latino and Hispanic leaders and groups.
By MARC CAPUTO 11/25/2019 12:04 PM EST Updated: 11/25/2019 12:45 PM EST
A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and womens groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidates immigration rhetoric.
Vanessa Cárdenas, the most senior Latina Biden staffer, had been serving as national coalitions director since the campaign formally announced its existence April 25. She resigned last week and has since changed her bio on Twitter to say she was formerly with @joebiden.
Cárdenas did not return a call or text message, but two friends familiar with her thinking told POLITICO that she felt the campaign wasnt heeding her advice on immigration as she tried to reach out to Latino groups that have had longstanding concerns with the former vice presidents rhetoric and record stemming from the Obama administration.
The campaign is just hyper-focused on whites in Iowa and African-Americans and it placed less value on Latino outreach, an immigration activist and friend who spoke with her told POLITICO.
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Cárdenas departure is the latest in a string of troubles Bidens campaign has had with Latino and Hispanic leaders and groups.
By MARC CAPUTO 11/25/2019 12:04 PM EST Updated: 11/25/2019 12:45 PM EST
A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and womens groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidates immigration rhetoric.
Vanessa Cárdenas, the most senior Latina Biden staffer, had been serving as national coalitions director since the campaign formally announced its existence April 25. She resigned last week and has since changed her bio on Twitter to say she was formerly with @joebiden.
Cárdenas did not return a call or text message, but two friends familiar with her thinking told POLITICO that she felt the campaign wasnt heeding her advice on immigration as she tried to reach out to Latino groups that have had longstanding concerns with the former vice presidents rhetoric and record stemming from the Obama administration.
The campaign is just hyper-focused on whites in Iowa and African-Americans and it placed less value on Latino outreach, an immigration activist and friend who spoke with her told POLITICO.
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Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration (Original Post)
JoeOtterbein
Nov 2019
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vsrazdem
(2,176 posts)1. This does not bode well for Biden.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)2. Oh more the demise of Joe Biden's campaign...yawn
Go Joe go! Weve got your back
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
FloridaBlues
(3,992 posts)3. Campaign staff come and go all the time. All campaigns.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ritapria
(1,812 posts)4. I don't believe it is a big deal
People get fired . Others quit .. It happens
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George II
(67,782 posts)5. "Cardenas' departure is the latest in a string of troubles....."? REALLY?
Oh no, are we going to now start cataloging "troubles" in campaigns or only certain campaigns.
Did Biden have a meeting with two dozen ex-staffers at the beginning of the year to address sexual abuse and harassment from three years earlier? That's a "string" of at least 24 troubles with women in that candidate's campaign.
Need we compare notes here?
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Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)6. Ouch!
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highplainsdem
(48,721 posts)7. You left out the most important paragraph in the article:
The resignation of Cárdenas, an activist who has never worked on a political campaign before, does not leave Biden without a Latino outreach team. Cristóbal Alex, former president of the influential Latino Victory Fund, remains Bidens senior-most adviser for issues involving Hispanic voters. And, though Cárdenas worked with coalition groups, Biden has a Latinx outreach director, Laura Jiménez.
It's important to note that she'd never worked on a political campaign before, so she didn't have the experience of dealing with competing interests.
And it's equally important to note that Biden has other top staffers handling outreach to Latino voters.
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emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)8. Thanks, highplainsdem. Very important info.
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