This video is from KOAT, broadcast September 22, 2008.
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A local Republican Party leader in New Mexico has set off a
firestorm by suggesting in an interview that Hispanics are racists
who won't vote for a black candidate. Now even the state Republican
chairman is calling for his resignation.
Fernando C' de Baca, who heads the GOP in Bernalillo County,
was quoted by BBC reporter Jon Kelly on Friday as saying that
even though the polls show Barack Obama with a substantial lead over
John McCain among Hispanic voters, "The truth is that Hispanics came
here as conquerors. African-Americans came here as slaves. ...
Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won't vote for a
black president."
The Hispanic community has reacted to de Baca's remarks with anger.
Ralph Arellanes of the Hispanic Roundtable of New Mexico told CNN,
"I'm insulted and I'm outraged." The Obama campaign issued a similar
statement by the speaker of the New Mexico House, Democrat Ben
Lujan, saying, "I am outraged. ... It is an insult to the Hispanic
community and to all of the voters of New Mexico.."
Wow, open racism from a Republican... how very
normal, or USUAL!
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