Monday, March 18, 2013

Inclusive GOP? Senators Go After Obama's Top Hispanic Nominee

It only took a few hours Monday for Republicans to shelve Reince Priebus' call for party inclusion by attacking President Obama's nomination of government civil rights attorney Thomas Perez as Secretary of Labor:
President Obama announced Monday that he would nominate Thomas E. Perez, who heads the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, to be the next secretary of labor, a choice that promised to provoke a debate with Republicans about voting rights, immigration and discrimination. 



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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2013 at 11:58 PM

    Who in the GOP brought up his race?

    Isn't it relevant to question him after the oig released a scathing report of the civil rights division at doj? But wait, there's a law that says no non-whites or democrats are racists, and any legitimate criticism of a minority individual is now racism.

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  2. JBMarch 19, 2013 at 6:41 AM

    The "scathing report" was about the civil rights division before Mr. Perez's tenure, Anonymous. That suggests the questioning is less about the report and more about something else -- although I suspect it is less about Mr. Perez's race and more about his support for -- gasp! -- labor rights.

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