Lauro Garza, the leader of the Texas branch of the Republican Latino organization Somos Republicans, signs off after Herman Cain’s “joke” (via Kos):
To us, the idea of allegedly “Pro-Life” people shouting for the un-Constitutional use of deadly force is unbelievable. Then, too, we shouldn’t be surprised since Republican leaders have been advocating for the nullification of the American Constitution in states like Arizona, Georgia and now Alabama. When did Republicans, once synonymous with “conservative,” become so liberal as to attack their very own Bill of Rights in the 4th and 14th Amendments?!
Where is Republican leadership? Where has the guiding principal of “Morality” gone?! If the Republican Party cannot or will not rebuke this hateful bigot and others like him who wear the mantle of “Republican” then perhaps the time has come for a rebuke of the Party itself!
The Herman Cain blew into Phoenix yesterday and walked back his apology at an appearance with Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
“I don’t like to offend anyone…however, I don’t apologize for using a combination of a fence. And it might be electrified — I’m not walking away from that,” Cain backtracked. “I just don’t want to offend anybody. It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I’m more sensitive to our citizens being hurt.”
At the same event, Arpaio said this:
“Why are they going after you? What about me? We’re both unorthodox, right,” Arpaio butted in during Cain’s press conference. “I have illegal immigrants in the hot tents. I have them on chain-gangs, why are you concerned with what he said?”
Cain should announce that he’ll pick Arpaio as his running mate to complete his Hispanic outreach effort.