Friday, July 19, 2013

The GOP Continues Its National Disrespect-To-Hispanics Tour

After blocking for months the nomination of Thomas Perez to serve as President Obama's Secretary of Labor - -making Perez the sole Hispanic in the current Cabinet - - the GOP agrees to let the appointment be approved, but only after a more historic slap, reports the LA Times:

Perez was confirmed 54 to 46, to become possibly the first Cabinet secretary to win no votes from the opposition party, according to the Senate Historical Office.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeah, how's that Latino outreach working out for the GOP? (and please, no follow up comments on how evil you think Perez is. 1) it's a crock and 2) regardless, if you don't that many Latino voters will see this as a slap - the way they did when many in the GOP voted against Justice Sotomayor - I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to see you)

Anonymous said...

*bridge in brooklyn to "sell" you.

Anonymous said...

So they need to rubber stamp hispanics? Did you miss the i.g. report?