Marco Rubio “Is Supposedly Representing Hispanic Issues,” Harry Reid Says
A nonplused Rubio spokesman responds: “Rubio represents Florida.
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s suggestion that the job of Florida Senator Marco Rubio is to represent Hispanics nationally raised some eyebrows this morning.
“In Nevada, [ambassadorial nominee Mari Carmen Aponteis seen by the Puerto Rican community, the Hispanic community, as really somebody who is an up-and-rising star. … I just think it’s a mistake for someone who is supposedly representing Hispanic issues to do what [Rubio] has done,” Reid told POLITICO’s Glenn Thrush.
BuzzFeed asked Rubio spokesman Alex Conant what he made of the implication that Rubio “is supposedly representing Hispanic issues.”
“Senator Rubio represents Florida,” he replied.
A conservative Hispanic group sharply criticized Reid’s comment.
The comment was a “blatant attempt at racial identity politics is offensive and condescending to all Latinos,” said the executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative principles, former Bush Administration official Alfonso Aguilar, in a statement.
UPDATE: In an email, Reid spokesman Jose Parra didn’t back down: “From supporting Arizona’s law legalizing the racial profiling of Latinos, to opposing the DREAM Act, to attacking Justice Sonia Sotomayor and voting against Ambassador Aponte twice, Sen. Rubio’s record speaks for itself.”
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Joseph Picone a year agoAlas… So many “Jackass” democrats to talk about. So little time to do it. This is why I give to Jim DeMint’s “Senate conservatives fund”.
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art corvelet a year ago
There we go…it has begun. The ‘Is Cuban Really Hispanic?’ and ‘Cuba: Not Mexico’ headlines. Go to hell, Harry. It ain’t gonna work.
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lamarc a year agoLet it be heard loud and clear, NO ONE PERSON represents any entire racial group, No not One! People have a mind of their own and can make their own choices. If they vote strickly on racial background they are “nuts” and don’t have a clue what this world is all about. White folks don’t have ONE person who represents them at all. Neither do any of the other races even though some “individuals” like to think they do!! I do allow however, if a person with any racial background is seeking an office, those with “like” ethic backgrounds usually are attracted somewhat to their views and may look more favorable toward that. Obama was a case in point. They made a BAD mistake voting on the basis of his skin color thinking they were going to get some special favors - they didn’t!!
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Tim Vega a year ago
I am tired of snob Demorat racists like Reid telling Hispanic like me what to think. Sen. Rubio describes the path for Hispanic prosperity and the liberals can’t stand it. Any Hispanic who lets Democrats smear Rubio is magnifying this terrible American racists divide in which the left feels so comfortable.
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gailc2 a year agoHarry should read a history book—primarily consisting of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, South America, Cuba and the islands of the West Indies. Bet he doesn’t know of the Ciboney, Arawak populations—Now that Class Warfare is firmly in place we should all redefine ourselves based on history
of our ancestors—not accomplishments of the modern world. Shall we continue to “race bait” or perhaps stand for each established countries morals, ideals. I am an American. -
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Rick Shelby a year ago
Reid is a brain dead communist who needs to be sent to the glue factory. Marco Rubio represents AMERICANS! This is something the fools on the left don’t understand, since they divide the country into “groups”.
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jeffreydond a year agoWhen dealing with a racist idiot like hypocrite harry reid you have to expect that he will behave like a racist idiot.
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BSPhenom a year ago
Reid is right, no matter how angry it makes you right-wingers. Rubio takes the OPPOSING side to the Latino community on EVERY MAJOR ISSUE. He is even for abusive immigration laws implemented in states like Arizona, and he opposes college funding for children of immigrants (which even Rick Perry supported in TX). Republicans assume that making Rubio the VP pick would automatically win major votes from the Hispanic community, but Rubio does not even poll well amongst Hispanics outside of Cuban-Floridians.
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