“Former Gov. Richardson on Sen. Cruz: ‘I don’t think he should be defined as an Hispanic’”
Said Bill “Richardson”.
Hey Bill, do you mean Cruz is a “House Hispanic”? or an “Uncle Tomas”?
Maybe Bill Richardson was referring to this:
EXCERPT:
Over the weekend, the white Lieutenant Governor of Texas, David Dewhurst challenged his opponent in the Texas Senate race, Ted Cruz, to a debate — in Spanish. Cruz, the Cuban-American former Texas Solicitor General, said he would prefer to debate in English.
Univision reported that Dewhurst made the challenge to Cruz. ”I would welcome a debate with Lt. Gov. Dewhurst in any form,” Cruz told the Spanish-language network. “But I think we would have a better debate if we did the debate in English.”
He explained that as a second generation Cuban American, he grew up speaking “Spanglish.”
“My Spanish is a situation many of your viewers will recognize, which is that as a second generation immigrant, my dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish,” Cruz said, shouting out a phrase in half English, half Spanish to illustrate his point.
“That’s the world in which I grew up, and that’s a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.”
Dewhurst and Cruz are locked in a Republican primary run-off battle for the Texas Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison at the end of the year. There is no viable Democratic candidate, and given the demographics of the state, whoever wins the primary run-off on July 31 will take the seat.
Texas has a huge Hispanic population, being a border state, and that demographic will be hugely important for both candidates.
Dewhurst is clearly making a play for that vote.