Biden's senior Latina adviser quits in frustration

[JoeOtterbein]

[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/25/biden-senior-latina-adviser-quits-073553?fbclid=IwAR13aa29mXXZnxhxjEYTmRcYzSUjsCoFsj099Er1YbeqsoKyfEwXvkzlX24|

Cárdenas’ departure is the latest in a string of troubles Biden’s campaign has had with Latino and Hispanic leaders and groups.

By MARC CAPUTO 11/25/2019 12:04 PM EST Updated: 11/25/2019 12:45 PM EST

A senior Joe Biden campaign staffer in charge of outreach to Latino, African-American and women’s groups has quit her post, telling two allies she was frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidate’s immigration rhetoric.

Vanessa Cárdenas, the most senior Latina Biden staffer, had been serving as national coalitions director since the campaign formally announced its existence April 25. She resigned last week and has since changed her bio on Twitter to say she was “formerly with @joebiden.”

Cárdenas did not return a call or text message, but two friends familiar with her thinking told POLITICO that she felt the campaign wasn’t heeding her advice on immigration as she tried to reach out to Latino groups that have had longstanding concerns with the former vice president’s rhetoric and record stemming from the Obama administration.

“The campaign is just hyper-focused on whites in Iowa and African-Americans and it placed less value on Latino outreach,” an immigration activist and friend who spoke with her told POLITICO.

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[vsrazdem]

1. This does not bode well for Biden.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Oh more the demise of Joe Biden's campaign...yawn

Go Joe go! We’ve got your back

[FloridaBlues]

3. Campaign staff come and go all the time. All campaigns.

[ritapria]

4. I don't believe it is a big deal

People get fired …. Others quit ….. It happens

[George II]

5. "Cardenas' departure is the latest in a string of troubles....."? REALLY?

Oh no, are we going to now start cataloging "troubles" in campaigns or only certain campaigns.

Did Biden have a meeting with two dozen ex-staffers at the beginning of the year to address sexual abuse and harassment from three years earlier? That's a "string" of at least 24 troubles with women in that candidate's campaign.

Need we compare notes here?

[Thekaspervote]

6. Ouch!

[highplainsdem]

7. You left out the most important paragraph in the article:

The resignation of Cárdenas, an activist who has never worked on a political campaign before, does not leave Biden without a Latino outreach team. Cristóbal Alex, former president of the influential Latino Victory Fund, remains Biden’s senior-most adviser for issues involving Hispanic voters. And, though Cárdenas worked with coalition groups, Biden has a Latinx outreach director, Laura Jiménez.

It's important to note that she'd never worked on a political campaign before, so she didn't have the experience of dealing with competing interests.


And it's equally important to note that Biden has other top staffers handling outreach to Latino voters.

[emmaverybo]

8. Thanks, highplainsdem. Very important info.