Hispanic Leaders Tell Republican Party To Stand Up To Donald Trump

[UCmeNdc]

Hispanic leaders are bristling at the largely tepid response by Republican presidential candidates to Donald Trump's characterization of Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers.

Several 2016 contenders have brushed off Trump's comments while others have ignored them. Marco Rubio, a Florida senator who is Hispanic, denounced them as "not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive," after declining for two weeks to address the matter directly. Another Hispanic in the race, Ted Cruz, said Trump is "terrific," ''brash" and "speaks the truth."

It's an uncomfortable moment for Republicans, who want more votes from the surging Latino population.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/03/donald-trump-hispanic-leaders_n_7719582.html


Trump only said what most Republicans think and say in private.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. All our candidates need to call out that clown too...

I expect the reticence on the part of our candidates to criticize Trump is a function of "don't interrupt your opponents when they are shooting themselves in the foot.

[Gothmog]

2. Trump is doing a great job of alienating Hispanic voters