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La Sola Mención de México Causa Abucheos de los Republicanos


by: Katherine Haenschen

Tue Jan 17, 2012 at 01:30 PM CST


If you watched the GOP Debate Last night, you heard the Republican audience boo Juan Williams' mention of Mitt Romney's Mexican-born father.

Here's the clip:


While we wait for Gingrich, Santorum, and Perry to trip over each other calling for Mitt's birth certificate, here's the TDP's response to the incident. Good to see the TDP coming out so forcefully against such blatant bigotry by Republican voters. There's no need to boo Mitt's cultural heritage, or that of any other human being, especially not on MLK Day.

From the Texas Democratic Party:


La sola mención de México causa abucheos de los republicanos

Austin-En el debate republicano de Carolina del Sur, el público abucheó al moderador Juan Williams cuando mencionó la palabra 'México'.

"Es desafortunado que solo la mención de México causa abucheos de los republicanos," dijo el portavoz del TDP Anthony Gutiérrez. "Los demócratas de Texas están haciendo serios esfuerzos para involucrar a la comunidad latina mientras que los republicanos son hostiles, tanto en sus palabras y acciones."

Mientras que los republicanos siguen faltando el respeto y siguen siendo abiertamente hostiles hacia los latinos, el Partido Demócrata de Texas está haciendo un esfuerzo para llegar a esta importante comunidad a través del Proyecto Promesa. El Proyecto de Promesa fue creado para aumentar la participación política de los latinos. El Proyecto Promesa utilizará técnicas en línea y de base para conectarse con los jóvenes latinos. También les pediremos que nos den su promesa que serán nuestros mensajeros Demócratas a sus familias y redes sociales.

En las próximas semanas, el TDP desarrollará la segunda fase del Proyecto de Promesa. El objetivo de la segunda fase es aumentar el número de votantes latinos para la Primaria Demócrata 2012. El TDP pondrá organizadores en ciertas universidades donde llevarán a cabo:

  • Eventos para registrar votantes
  • Eventos en las universidades para generar publicidad gratuita
  • Producción de Vídeo
  • Identidades sociales en los medios de comunicación como Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google + y Vimeo.
  • Bancos de teléfono

Para aprender más sobre el Proyecto de Promesa visité a www.promesaproject.com.

Los esfuerzos de acercarse hacia los latinos de los aspirantes republicanos a la presidencia:

  • Mitt Romney promete vetar el  DREAM Act, que es apoyada por el 85% de los latinos. Romney también recibió el apoyo de Kris Kobach, el arquitecto de leyes anti-inmigrantes de los estados.
  • Rick Santorum se opone a cualquiera reforma migratoria.
  • Newt Gingrich dijo que el español es el idioma del "ghetto."
  • Rick Perry recortó billones de la educación pública el primer año que los latinos representaron más del 50% de los estudiantes en las escuelas públicas de Texas. Perry también recibió el apoyo del Alguacil Joe Arpaio y lo nombró presidente de sus esfuerzos presidenciales en Arizona.

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Republicans Boo Mention of Mexico

Austin-In the South Carolina Republican presidential debate yesterday, the GOP audience booed moderator Juan Williams when he mentioned the word 'Mexico.'

"It's disgusting to see Republicans booing the mere mention of the word 'Mexico'," said TDP spokesperson Anthony Gutierrez. "Texas Democrats are making serious efforts to engage the Latino community while Republicans are downright hostile in both their words and actions."

While Republicans continue to demonstrate hostility and disrespect towards Latinos, the Texas Democratic Party is making a concerted effort to reach out to this important community through the Promesa Project. The Promesa Project is the TDP's aggressive Latino outreach program that will utilize online and grassroots techniques to ask young Latinos to be our Democratic messengers to their families and social networks.

In the coming weeks, the TDP will unfold phase two, or the field component, of the Promesa Project. The goal of the second phase of the Promesa Project is to generate a significant increase in Latino turnout for the 2012 Democratic Primary with a special emphasis on turning out new Latino voters. The TDP will place select college organizers in targeted campuses as fellows where they will conduct:

  • Voter Registration Drives
  • Campus Events
  • Earned Media
  • Video Production
  • Social Media
  • Social Media GOTV
  • Phone Banks

To learn more about the Promesa Project, you can visit www.promesaproject.com.

In contrast, the Latino-outreach efforts of the Republican presidential contenders:

  • Mitt Romney promises to veto the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos, and attacked DREAM Act students by saying they're looking for a handout.
  • Romney tied himself at the hip and is campaigning with the architect of anti-immigrant state-level immigration laws, Kris Kobach, who authored both the Arizona and Alabama immigration laws.
  • Rick Santorum opposes any path to legalization for undocumented immigrants.
  • Newt Gingrich called Spanish the language of the ghetto.
  • Rick Perry slashed billions from public education the first year Latinos made up more than 50% of students in Texas public schools. Perry also touted the endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and named Arpaio chair of his presidential efforts in Arizona.

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