If there was something universally agreed upon during last night’s Republican primary debate on Fox News, it was this: our country is in bad shape, Hillary Clinton is a rogue puppet of liberal special interests, and Donald Trump actually believes everything Donald Trump is saying. The primetime contest showcased the top 10 polling Republican presidential […]
Preview: First Republican Presidential Debate
August 6, 2015 By
It’s early – 459 days from Election Day, to be exact – to deeply speculate on who the next president of our United States will be. But don’t tell that to the GOP, whose crowded field of 17 presidential hopefuls will take to the debate stage in Cleveland on Thursday via Fox News. The Republican […]
Comentarios from Maria: Republican Opportunism Knows No Bounds
July 27, 2015 By
Once again, Republicans are capitalizing on a tragedy – this time, one that took place three weeks ago in San Francisco – in which an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record killed Kathryn Steinle, an American citizen. Grotesquely, Congressional Republicans chose to politicize this tragedy to advance their anti-immigrant agenda that distorts the image of […]
Border Patrol Union Cancels Trump Meeting Ahead of His Visit
July 23, 2015 By
The Border Patrol union slated to tour GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump along the Mexico-U.S. border has backed out of the meeting, according to a statement the group released Thursday morning. Mr. Trump – who has infamously called Mexican immigrants “rapists,” denounced Senator John McCain as not being a war hero, disclosed opponent Senator Lindsay […]
Democrats Take Aim at Trump, GOP Field; Clinton Offers Economic Agenda
July 14, 2015 By
In two major speeches this week, one at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation’s largest Hispanic advocacy group, and the other at The New College in New York City, Hillary Clinton laid out her clearest vision yet on her economic agenda for 2016 and took aim at […]
Chef José Andrés Backs out of Restaurant Deal at Trump Hotel
July 9, 2015 By
On the heels of Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments deriding Mexican immigrants, D.C.-based chef José Andrés announced that he will withdraw from opening his flagship restaurant in the forthcoming Trump hotel – a $200 million redevelopment project at the historic Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Republican presidential candidate and business magnate responded with […]
Donald Trump slanders Mexico, Mexicans in presidential announcement
June 17, 2015 By
In what turned out to be a gaudy stream-of-consciousness announcement yesterday in his signature skyscraper in Manhattan, billionaire real estate magnate and reality TV star Donald Trump added yet another line to his growing list of titles: Republican presidential candidate. The Donald, often speaking in third-person, made clear that he is not bent on winning […]
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