“Donald Trump has called Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, questioned a Hispanic judge’s ability to do his job because of his Mexican heritage, threatened to deport millions of people in the cruelest way possible, degraded and humiliated a Hispanic Miss Universe because of her weight, and House Republicans have stood by their racist candidate at every turn,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC. “However, what these House Republicans haven’t realized yet is that our country has changed and most importantly, their districts have changed. ‘#ThatMexicanThing’ matters because Hispanics are paying attention and rejecting everything that is the Republican Party.”
Why #ThatMexicanThing Matters [EXCERPTS]
By Adrian Carrasquillo
Buzzfeed
October 5, 2016
- After the first debate, everyone was talking about Donald Trump’s past shaming of Alicia Machado, […] Trump’s years-old attack on her would be sure to capture the attention of women, Latinos and immigrants. Then Trump inexplicably talked about her for nearly a week afterward.
- Tim Kaine kept prodding Mike Pence to defend Trump’s most corrosive statements. He again brought up the charge that Mexico was sending “criminals and rapists” and Pence was over it. “Senator, you whipped out that Mexican thing again.”
- But the attention from young people and Hispanics on social media is a good sign for a campaign that need them when it comes to young Latinos.
- But while the comments may seem old to some, they struck a chord with many Latinos precisely because they echoed the pain and disrespect of the original remark, which they are turning into a Latino vote rallying cry.