“Failing to appoint a Latino to the President’s Cabinet is just the latest example of how the Republican Party has never really cared about the pressing issues affecting Latinos,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC. “Even before Donald Trump’s swearing-in, House Republicans have begun enacting his anti-Latino agenda, from trying to make American taxpayers bear the cost for their cruel and unrealistic border wall, to stripping healthcare coverage away from millions of Latinos. House Republicans no están con nosotros.”
For the first time since Ronald Reagan, the president’s Cabinet won’t include a Latino
Washington Post
January 19, 2017
By Ed O’Keefe
In the closing months of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the 40th president filled a vacancy in his Cabinet and made history.
Lauro Cavazos became education secretary in September 1988 and the first Latino to be confirmed for the Cabinet. He stayed on the job in the early part of George H.W. Bush’s presidency before resigning amid questions about his use of frequent-flier miles.
Ever since, there’s been at least one Latino at the table in the White House Cabinet Room. Until this year.
Latino leaders had mixed reactions Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision not to include a Latino among his first wave of Cabinet nominees. The omission became apparent late Wednesday when Trump transition officials confirmed that the incoming president is set to nominate Sonny Perdue, the former Republican governor of Georgia, as the next agriculture secretary. Perdue’s selection fills out the traditional White House Cabinet, meaning his top slate of government officials won’t include a Democrat, just three women, one African American man — and no Latino.
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