[T]he clear implication given by the Texas Democratic Party, is that all Hispanics are monolithic in their thinking, political leanings & party affiliation and only the Democrats can represent Hispanics in the state.

The Americano

In politics you know you are making inroads when your opponents start to criticize you. And that is what is happening in Texas.

The Texas Democratic Party has now begun to attack publicly Hispanic Republicans in the state legislature for having created the Republican Hispanic Conference, whose purpose is to address issues important to the Latino population of the state. The article was published recently in Capitol Inside and a comment on it came in the Texas Insider Report.

According to the report, the clear implication given by the Texas Democratic Party, is that all Hispanics are monolithic in their thinking, political leanings & party affiliation and only the Democrats can represent Hispanics in the state.

Texas State GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri condemned the statement from the Democratic Party.

“Such a philosophy is premised on the prejudicial belief that all Hispanic voters think exactly alike and all are in lockstep with the Democratic Party,” Munisteri said.

“It is ironic that the Texas Democratic Party, which purports to be representing the interest of the Hispanic community, in fact does the Hispanic community a great disservice by assuming that all Hispanics support the Democratic Party and that if Republican Hispanics meet to advance Hispanic concerns, that this is somehow inappropriate,” he added.

Munisteri concluded by saying that “to have this philosophy demonstrates bias and prejudice against the Hispanic community. The fact is, Republicans believe that the Hispanic community, like every other community in our state, has a wide range of concerns and opinions. I applaud our Republican legislators for forming this Hispanic Republican Conference in order to ascertain the concerns of the Hispanic community so that these concerns can be considered by the Texas Legislature, as well as the Republican Party.”

Communications Director Chris Elam added that “the Texas Democratic Party’s inflammatory rhetoric does nothing for the goals and needs of the Latino community of this state. As the last election amply demonstrated, Texas Democrats continue to lose support and votes from Texas’ rapidly growing Hispanic population. Offensive, blanket stereotypes against Hispanic legislators is the sort of acrimonious partisanship that voters soundly rejected last November.”

The Americano/Agencies

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