I noticed, via Hesiod, that yet another Republican has offended yet another minority group. This time, it’s the Latino community.
Latino leaders [in Oklahoma] say they’re outraged at an Oklahoma lawmaker’s comment that there are too many “Mexicans and Hispanics” coming to live in the state.
Oklahoma City Republican Bill Graves made the comment Tuesday while debating a bill that would’ve established a state Latino Affairs Commission.
Graves said, “We do have a lot of Mexicans and Hispanics that want to come here and live, and frankly, I think we’re getting too many.”
I keep hearing about the Republicans’ almost-desperate desire to appeal to Hispanic-American voters. Call me crazy, but I don’t imagine incidents like these will help.