GOP Rep. Calls Obama Racist Name, Says He Didn’t Know
GOP Rep. Calls Obama Racist Name, Says He Didn’t Know
Colorado’s Republican representative Doug Lamborn recently called President Barack Obama a “tar baby,” which he later said he didn’t know was a racially derogative word for African-Americans. He later said what he […]
The Debt Deal Gives Us Only One Sure Thing: Uncertainty
This is what I’ve got on my score card: the debt ceiling deal that congress agreed to is, a) a deal that no one liked; b) that no one knows for sure […]
Debt Ceiling Deal Bad News For Latinos
So the big news of the day is that President Barack Obama and House Republicans reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling — but there’s a huge “but.” The […]
How The GOP Can Use Immigration To Win Over Latino Voters
Despite promoting controversial anti-immigration legislation and impeding access to educational resources for Latinos, the Republican Party has devoted the last five decades to establishing inroads with second- and third-generation Latino […]
GOP Hopes To Avoid Immigration Issue To Win Florida
I’m not making this up, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a conference call today that the Republicans would try to skirt debate on immigration during the election, trying […]
News Taco To Go: Math, Chile, GOP, Norway And Obama
How To Get More Latinos Involved In Math And Science HidroAysen Hydroplant Is Not The Only Solution GOP Candidates Ignore Latinos, Then Lie To Them Norway, Latinos And The Far […]
GOP Candidates Ignore Latinos, Then Lie To Them
If you ask me, and no one did I’m just saying, this is a pretty lame way to treat a huge voting bloc. Let me break it down. The reason […]
GOP, Dems Want Latino Votes, What Do We Want In Return?
That the Republican Party is busy recruiting Latinos is not surprising, given the recent success of Marco Rubio in Florida and Raul Labrador, the first ever Latino elected to the […]
Shooting Immigrants Comment Harkens Back To Jim Crow
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans.] By Bob Quasius Despite our appeal to reason, Mo Brooks refuses to apologize for his “shooting” comment regarding illegal immigration, and […]
GOP Better At Recruiting Latino Candidates Than Democrats
This is how it breaks down: the number of Latino Democratic politicos is down, the number of Republican Latino politicos is up. It’s not a hard calculus to understand. The […]