Favorites emerge as Latino leaders press Biden to appoint 5 Hispanics to Cabinet

[left-of-center2012]

Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts. The organizations include civil rights organizations like UnidosUS and elected official groups like the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, grouped together as the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
Becerra tops the list of Hispanics with Biden Cabinet aspirations, with more than two decades of legislative experience and a record of fighting the Trump administration as California's top law enforcement official.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Lujan Grisham is the front-runner to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a job she previously held at the state level in New Mexico.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez
Perez has Cabinet experience — he was former President Obama's secretary of Labor — and experience as assistant attorney general for civil rights. He's an alternative to Becerra for the DOJ post, for which outgoing Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D) is reportedly under consideration.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Garcetti, a top Biden ally, would be a shoo-in for Transportation secretary. As mayor of the country's second-largest city, Garcetti has plenty of executive experience and TV-friendly charisma to bring to a Cabinet. But Garcetti said in October “it's more likely than not” that he'll finish his term as mayor, which ends in 2022.

Alejandro Mayorkas
The Cuban-born Mayorkas is among the most knowledgeable former Homeland Security officials in the country.

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https://thehill.com/latino/526439-favorites-emerge-as-latino-leaders-press-biden-to-appoint-5-hispanics-to-cabinet

[frazzled]

1. Asking for one third of the Cabinet

That’s a pretty big ask. I’m not saying that all of these people are not excellent, they are. They represent a strong demographic in about 5 states, but overall, nationally, I’m not sure they represent a third of the total electorate. Maybe they do. I don’t know. I’d like to see more Latinx participation in the higher echelons of government, but I still don’t know that a third of the cabinet positions is a realistic goal.

[Klaralven]

13. Trump's Cabinet has 21 members, excluding Meadows and Pence

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-trump-administration/the-cabinet/

Nationally the voter composition is 67% White, 13% Black, 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian and 3% Other.

https://www.pewresearch.org/2020/09/23/the-changing-racial-and-ethnic-composition-of-the-u-s-electorate/

So far as Democratic voters alone are concerned, since Blacks voted more strongly Democratic, it is probably something like 24% Black and 18% Hispanic.

[frazzled]

14. There are officially 15, plus some "cabinet-level" positions

including the VP, chief of staff, and heads of a few other agencies such as EPA.

[ConstanceCee]

2. Can't Wait

For months, I have drifted off to sleep imagining President Biden's cabinet. Such joy that now it is beginning to really happen.

[maxsolomon]

3. Not 6, not 4.

FIVE shall be the number of the Appointments.

[Me.]

4. 80% Of Those Picks LIsted Above Are Male

just saying

[maxsolomon]

12. "Biden shall select FIVE Latin-Americans for his Cabinet,

and a minimum of 40% shall be Latina".

[Me.]

15. We'll Srr

I think Becerra would be a good choice but am not in sync with the demand for numbers. Frankly, considering what is what, if anyone is entitled to raise a fuss about cabinet positions it's African-American women. Based on his choices so far, I think he's getting it right.

[Turin_C3PO]

5. Good picks but I don't want to

lose Lujan Grisham as my governor. Despite our uncontrolled spread of Covid here in NM, Grisham has done her best to keep the numbers down.

[left-of-center2012]

7. I'm in Albuquerque

I don't want to lose her either.

[Turin_C3PO]

9. I'm down in Silver City.

Our county had been doing good but in the past couple of weeks the spread of the virus has really picked up. I will say that the large majority of people here regularly wear masks, in my experience.

[JI7]

6. Are they actually demanding specific numbers ? It looks more like people

to consider for these positions.

[left-of-center2012]

8. This

"Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts. "

[JI7]

10. It still looks like a list of recommendations

[left-of-center2012]

11. Only if ...

Replace 'pushing' with 'recommended'