NALEO Conference Struggles to Draw GOP Candidates
*We can count the lessons waiting to be learned: how to not say one thing and do another; how to not attract Latino support; how to not learn from the past … VL
By BethReinhard, The Wall Street Journal
Fifteen Republican active or likely presidential contenders have been invited to an event billed as the nation’s largest gathering of Latino policy makers, but few are expected to attend.
[pullquote][tweet_dis]The only candidate so far confirmed to attend the NALEO conference June 17-19 is Hillary Clinton.[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]The only candidate so far confirmed to attend the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference June 17-19: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. More than 1,200 school board members, city and county commissioners and state lawmakers are slated to participate in the conference in Las Vegas; a NALEO spokeswoman said most of the GOP candidates have cited scheduling conflicts. [tweet_dis]NALEO is nonpartisan but has struggled to draw Republican presidential candidates[/tweet_dis], in part because it supports a policy opposed by the GOP’s conservative base: a sweeping overhaul of immigration law that would allow undocumented workers to earn citizenship.Click HERE to read the full story.
[Photo by NALEO Educational Fund/Flickr]
