* Hopes of a Clinton administration that’s sensitive to the central issues of U.S. Citizens of Latino descent hinges on these and other names in the orbit of the virtual new President. For that reason, we endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton to be President of the United States.
* Katie McGinty has a clear plan of wanting to get the citizens of Pennsylvania back to work, as well as helping new immigrants get their fair share of the American Dream and making sure we all live in a green and clean state. These important issues are why we, at AL DÍA, endorse Katie McGinty for U.S. Senator of the State of Pennsylvania.
* Shapiro’s comprehensive approach to gun control, dedication to restoring the public’s faith in the Attorney General’s Office and commitment to creatively managing the opioid addiction our state faces, make him the logical choice for AL DIA’s attorney general endorsement.
Al Día: “No más atole con el dedo…”
It was a man in a Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago who summarized a sentiment common among Latinos today, a week before the new president of the United States is elected, and after a long campaign that made the Latino community the center but also the fringe of this national debate.
“¡Estamos cansados de todo esto!” (We are really tired of it all!)
“No queremos más atole con el dedo..” (We don’t want to be mistreated and treated like kids anymore!)
On one hand, the New York Times, the first newspaper of the nation paying all respects to U.S. citizens of Latino descent, explicitly asking them, on October 2nd —even in the Spanish language— to participate in this crucial 2016 presidential election and to please decide it.
On the other hand, we had the Republican candidate calling Latino Americans all sorts of offensive names, from “rapists” to “drug dealers,” just to form his electoral coalition on the shoulders of a silent community of over 65 million residents of the country that had few means to counterattack his vitriol of vicious verbal excesses.
No “anti-defamation league” here to go after him… No media to call him out on his irresponsible verbosity that ended polarizing the entire country.
Third, we have a Democratic candidate who stayed put listening to these merciless attacks, mostly silent, although she wasn’t short of understanding how to aggressively counterattack his Republican rival in all sorts of other issues, among others his known abuses of women— but not a word about his verbal abuses of Latinas and Latinos who are still a loyal part of the Democratic base.
“Más atole con el dedo,” no more.
It seems that the stage is set for Latinos to speak through the only means left: coming out in droves in election day and making their voice heard through the ballot box, the great equalizer in the American society, where the imbalance of a campaign obviously slanted against the U.S. Latino community can be set right.
Latinos come from the frustration of believing Barack Obama and rallying behind him, and helping him get elected, when he promised “immigration reform in the first year.” Seven years later, still no immigration reform, and more than three million Latinos expelled from the country under his watch, surpassing his conservative predecessor, Mr. George W. Bush who takes the credit of deporting “only two million.”
President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Janet Murguía, called her former friend, President Barack Obama, “Deporter in Chief.”
The big question for Latinos is how to approach the ballot this upcoming election day.
Only one thing is very clear: We can’t stay home…
Latinos may suffer today from “voting exhaustion,” after the collection of broken promises from the party that claims to represent best their interest, the Democratic Party, which has taken for granted their vote, once again in this electoral cycle of 2016.
Latinos may suffer as well of “voter exasperation,” after a campaign of a Republican candidate that singled them out and demonized them to rally a base of voters, mostly white and undereducated Americans, according to the NYTimes reporting last Sunday on Pew Research Center and National Asian-American Surveys.
“Tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al fin se rompe,” goes the saying in Spanish… (“You shouldn’t push your luck”), as this groundswell of voters, growing at the tune of one million per year, gets prepared to flesh their muscle in election day.
We obviously don’t want Donald Trump… Hillary Clinton, on the contrary, has to offer only the hope of few names of good people who will surround her, should she become the first female president of the United States.
Tim Kaine, her running mate for vice president, understands Latinos more than anybody in the Democratic leadership thanks to his formative years living in Honduras among the poor. More the command of good Spanish, he grasps the drama of the Latino community in the U.S., which has always supported him after he served them well in his home state of Virginia.
Ken Salazar, former U.S. senator for Colorado, and Obama’s Secretary of the Interior, was appointed by Hillary Clinton to lead her transition team in the White House.
Hopes of a Clinton administration that’s sensitive to the central issues of U.S. Citizens of Latino descent hinges on these and other names in the orbit of the virtual new President.
For that reason, we endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton to be President of the United States.
Katie McGinty deserves to be our U.S. Senator
Katie McGinty feels that over the years, families that have been working hard to get ahead have not been given their fair share of advancement. McGinty said that it starts by increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. A topic also important to her campaign is her commitment to comprehensive immigration reform that will eventually lead to a path of full citizenship.
McGinty feels that Pennsylvania needs to be more diverse in energy resources. Her plans can create higher paying jobs in positions of the manufacturing and installation of these cleaner energy options.
Katie McGinty has a clear plan of wanting to get the citizens of Pennsylvania back to work, as well as helping new immigrants get their fair share of the American Dream and making sure we all live in a green and clean state. These important issues are why we, at AL DÍA, endorse Katie McGinty for U.S. Senator of the State of Pennsylvania.
Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania Attorney General
As the Attorney General’s Office recovers from corrupt leadership and looks for a replacement, two qualified candidates are hoping to be elected to the seat in November. Former attorney general Kathleen Kane was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice and her replacement will be charged with cleaning up the office and restoring the public’s faith in the office. Two Montgomery County officials, Republican State Sen. John Rafferty, and Democratic Montgomery County commissioner Josh Shapiro aim to take on the task.
Though Rafferty may have had a longer stint in politics, his A rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) proves detrimental to a city like Philadelphia which needs strict gun laws to combat gun violence. Rafferty also supported the NRA in being able to sue municipalities that restrict gun laws. In contrast, Shapiro plans to strengthen the Gun Violence Task Force and tighten up the gun show loophole. Not only has Shapiro dedicated himself to amping up gun control, he has also dedicated himself to fighting against what he has pinpointed as a racist and misogynistic mentality that has permeated the office of the Attorney General. Shapiro’s comprehensive approach to gun control, dedication to restoring the public’s faith in the Attorney General’s Office and commitment to creatively managing the opioid addiction our state faces, make him the logical choice for AL DIA’s attorney general endorsement.
Read the article here.