Webb Democratic Chair: RNC Hispanic Community Center, a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?

[TexasTowelie]

by Sylvia Bruni, Webb County Democratic Party Chair


I read your recent front page story, spotlighting the opening of the RNC’s very first Texas Hispanic Community Center right here in Laredo, our community of special interest to the Republicans because of their “….big victory with the mayor winning a county where Joe Biden won by 17%. Your story goes on to relate how this Hispanic Community Center will serve as the GOP’s base for telling their story, the one that proves that they are ‘….the party of freedom, prosperity, and opportunity, and the Democrats are the party of socialism and government control.”

The local Republican Party Chair then goes on to emphasize how this Center will serve as the base for their “ambassadors” of Republican “values and family values “that they share with our community, especially our Hispanic Community, values which include “…opportunity, right to life, freedom…” vs. what the Democratic Party has been doing for the “past eight months, i.e. “government control and socialism…” He reminisces about how “…..just six to seven months ago, we were a prosperous nation where everything was moving forward economically and less unemployment and no inflation….” He complains about now having to “put up with inflation,” of an “unheard of tax and unspoken tax that is given to the humble hard workers that we are here in South Texas.”

I realize that my response is lengthy BUT it is factual and true, and I would ask that since you were willing to give their inaugural event front page optimal coverage, you will grant me the courtesy of printing my full response, and here it is:

Economy

From Washington D.C. to Austin, the Republican Party peddles threats of violence, conspiracy theories, racism, misogyny, and corruption. Texans are fed up. Trump has spent the past four years dividing our country and inciting violence. During his presidency, hate crimes increased and hate groups were emboldened. Trump and the Republicans’ failure to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously also meant that Trump left office with the worst jobs record since 1933.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 because the Republican Party failed to take this pandemic seriously -- or worse, decided to play politics with the CDC, WHO and issues of public safety.

Read more: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Webb-Democratic-Chair-RNC-Hispanic-Community-16413269.php
(Laredo Morning Times)