Top Latino congressional group snubs Trump, breaking decades-long tradition
Source: The Hill
BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 09/13/17 10:18 AM EDT
A top congressional Latino group is snubbing President Trump by not inviting him to its annual convention, breaking a nearly 40-year-long tradition of inviting sitting presidents to the event.
"The president was not invited this year based on his slanderous comments and strongly disagreeable actions for the Latino community in the United States," Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
The group, which helps spur the development of young Latino leaders, is set to have its annual event this week just before Hispanic Heritage Month starts on Friday, AP reported.
Jimmy Carter was the first sitting president to attend the event in 1979, and every president since then has followed suit by attending CHCI's annual event at least once with the exception of George H.W. Bush. CHCI, though nonpartisan, has just two Republican lawmakers out of a 25-member Advisory Council, according to the report.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350428-top-latino-group-snubs-president-for-first-time-in-nearly-40-years
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)someone who actually advocates for Latino interests..
Here's one;
mountain grammy
(26,599 posts)time to stop "normalizing" this so called president.
iluvtennis
(19,835 posts)underpants
(182,632 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Everybody has to stop pretending we have a real president in the White House.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)I can decipher a lot, but not spoken.
THIS is an affront I would not tolerate. IF I was a sTrumpet married to a porn star as FLOTUS.............. watch for tweets.
Judi Lynn
(160,452 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)He would have:
1. declined, making CHCI look good.
2. accepted and made a speech worthy of a "deplorable", making the CHCI look good.
3. accepted and made a bridge-building speech (e.g., "yes" for DACA & Dreamers and "no" to the wall), making CHCI look good. Not likely, but who knows the working of a diseased brain.
I think it is always a good idea to have the president present his ideas in a speech.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Plus Hillary is and has been a great advocate for Latinos.