DESPERATE DEMS TO SHOWCASE RACE BAITING AS PRIMARY POLITICAL WEAPON - Villaraigosa: Republicans 'can't just trot out a brown face'
Published on 08-29-2012 08:12 AM
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You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate," Villaraigosa said at a press conference here organized by the Democratic National Committee.
TAMPA, Fla. --
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that Republicans "can't just trot out a brown face" to make inroads with the Latino community, an
increasingly important growing bloc.
Villaraigosa: Republicans 'can't just trot out a brown face'
By Michael O'Brien, NBC News
8/28/2012
As the GOP prepares to showcase some of its rising Hispanic stars during the next two days of its national convention, the
Democratic mayor dismissed Republican overtures toward Latinos as insincere.
"You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate," Villaraigosa said at a press conference here organized by the Democratic National Committee.
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