Coming and Going Like a Solar Eclipse: RNC Scales Back Hispanic Outreach in South Texas

This weekend we learned about the RNC’s continued scale back on outreach to Latino voters, this time in Texas.

Don’t worry – no special glasses needed to look at this photo of the now closed center: 

DCCC Spokesperson, José Muñoz:
“A picture is worth a thousand words, and the image of an empty building with the RNC Community Center sign still up shows just how serious Republicans were about building ‘community’ with Latinos. While Democrats are focused on lowering costs and protecting our freedoms, Republicans only wanted a quick headline to brag about.

San Antonio Report: RNC scales back Hispanic outreach in South Texas, once a source of GOP bragging rights
Andrea Drusch | April 5, 2024

• A Hispanic outreach center that the National Republican Committee opened on San Antonio’s Southeast Side in 2021 is among numerous minority outreach offices across the country that have been shuttered for the 2024 election cycle.

• Democrats say the closures are a signal the GOP no longer cares about courting Hispanic voters, while Republicans say the investments in traditionally blue territory didn’t make sense in this year’s challenging national political landscape.

• Its closure — part of an overall scaled-back presence in South Texas this election cycle — is in stark contrast to the optimistic message national Republicans were sending here just two years ago.

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