Posted on 03/25/2015 12:39:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Liberals across the country rejoiced today as Ted Cruz announced that he is officially running for president, thus ensuring a plentiful gaffe harvest for progressive writers like myself to feed upon for months.
The GOP has pretty much nothing to gain from Cruz’s decision to throw his hat in the ring. In fact, if anything, it will probably hurt them, as Cruz will only serve to solidify the idea that Republicans are anti-women, anti-LGBT, and anti-immigrant.
Yes, Ted Cruz, the son of an immigrant from Cuba, is anti-immigrant.
As a Latino, I can tell you right now that Latinos won’t be lining up to vote for Ted Cruz just because of his last name or his heritage. Latino voters look at the issues, and judging by Cruz’s record, he’s going to have a hard time winning the community over.
Here are five reasons why Latino’s would never vote for him:
1. He is Anti-Immigrant
Ted Cruz has particularly harsh views on immigration. He rose to power in Texas on a staunch opponent of “amnesty” policies. It would seem that having an immigrant father hasn’t influenced Cruz’s treatment of other immigrants. Maybe that’s why in his 2012 senate race in Texas, Latinos overwhelmingly voted for his opponent.
2. He Doesn’t Believe in Climate Change
Latinos see themselves as committed to the protection of the environment. A 2013 poll found that 76 percent of Latinos agree that the planet is heating up, 14 percent higher than whites. Latino communities have also been forced out of their homes due to fracking. Cruz’s belief that science doesn’t support the theory of global warming will be a tough sell to Latinos.
3.. He is Anti-Obamacare
In 2010, nearly one in three uninsured people in the United States was Hispanic or Latino. Employer-based insurance is the most common form of insurance for Latinos to have, but they are far less likely to have it than their non-Latino peers. Ted Cruz will do everything he can to repeal Obamacare, which offers benefits for Latinos.
4. He is Bad for Education
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has done amazing things for Latino students. It has given them a chance at a better future. Since DACA, more Latino parents believe their children will get an education past high school. Ted Cruz would put an end to that.
5. He is Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz has made it clear he doesn’t plan on reaching out to the Latino community. His track record speaks to that, and a cursory glance at his political career reveals that he is, to put it delicately, off his rocker.
So, no, Latinos will not be voting for Ted Cruz.
Nor should anyone else.
John Paul Brammer is a Contributing Editor at BNR. His writing on LGBT and Latino issues has appeared in The Advocate and Huffington Post. Find him on twitter.
Whatever happened to “Children should be seen and not heard?”
Butt bandido
That he is
Sen. Cruz will try to win without the 1% homosexual vote. They are bigots who blame Christians for their abnormal sexual desires.
I’m just saying.
BOTH PARTIES are currently selling out America.
I believe strongly, that the GOP needs to get completely behind the return of American manufacturing.
Completely. Don’t let dems make the first move to support America.
GOP it is just sitting there. One the ground. Right in front of you.
Bring back jobs to America.
What’s Spanish for “He won’t gibs-me-dat. That’s number 6. Really it is number 1.
With the exception of Cruz being anti-immgrant the writer nail it. Cruz is anti-illegal immigrant. The other 4 are true if you delete the idiots commentary that goes along with it.
Science, in the Age of Obama.
That’s fruit you smell
Ted Cruz, the son of an immigrant from Cuba, is anti-immigrant.
This is wrong. Ted Cruz is anti-illegal immigrant.
By the time the campaigns are in full swing I will be living abroad. But I will do everything I can to support Cruz. The only other possible candidate I would consider supporting thus far would be Scott Walker.
“Latino voters look at the issues, and judging by Cruz’s record, he’s going to have a hard time winning the community over.”
LOL! Yeah right. Hispanics and blacks look at race before anything else. He is giving them way too much credit.
“A 2013 poll found that 76 percent of Latinos agree that the planet is heating up, 14 percent higher than whites.”
They are dumbed down faster than whites.
When I was looking for schools for my son when we moved several times, in researching areas to live in there was a direct correlation to the number of Hispanics vs whites and standardized test scores. The higher the Hispanic population the lower the scores. The converse was true with Asian populations in the schools.
The guy who wrote this article looks like a bitch.
No, the Constitution requires a "natural born" citizen. You are a natural born citizen if a) you are born here in the borders of the United States; or b) if you are born outside of the United States to at least one parent who was a US citizen at the time of your birth, and that parent had resided within the US for a specified period of time after a certain age. Since Ted's mom was a US citizen who had lived in the US most of her life, he is a citizen by birth - i.e. a natural born citizen.
By the way, the residency requirement is included because citizenship for those born to citizens outside the US only to the first generation. In other words, if I moved to Canada and had children, my children would be US citizens. If my kids continued to live in Canada and had children there, their children would not be US Citizens, even though they themselves were US citizens, UNLESS my children moved back to the US and lived here for a specified period of time prior to their children being born...
OK, thank you. I stand corrected
Yes. He is. For exactly the same reason Obama isn’t. At least one Parents residency/Citizenry.
Cruz had at least one parent that met the requirements. Ann Dunham, not so much.
So, what is the REAL reason you don’t like Ted? Not McCain enough for you? Not Willard Romney enough for you?
Tuff sh*t.
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