Analysis: Another Missed Chance For GOP To Engage With Latinos

*Stephen Nuño outlines a clear distinction between what the GOP says about reaching out to Latinos and what it does. In that gap, he says, is a missed opportunity. VL

By Stephen A. Nuño, NBCNews

As  the legislative session comes to a close, the failure to quickly move on a bill addressing the crisis on the border – along with the fact that immigration legislation was not even brought to a vote – is another missed opportunity for Republicans to present a new face to Latinos going into the midterm elections in November.

It was just a year ago that the Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus stood in front of a crowd of 6,000 Latinos at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and assured them that the GOP had changed. “Republicans know we can’t truly represent America until we’re engaged in every community and every state. The old GOP didn’t do a great job of that. But the new GOP – the Growth and Opportunity Party – is doing things differently,” Mr. Priebus said at the time.

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