{"id":433420,"date":"2010-03-16T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/03\/16\/armey-accuses-destructive-tancredo-of-%e2%80%98alienating%e2%80%99-hispanics\/"},"modified":"2010-03-16T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:37:24","slug":"armey-accuses-destructive-tancredo-of-%e2%80%98alienating%e2%80%99-hispanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/433420","title":{"rendered":"Armey Accuses ?Destructive? Tancredo Of \u2018Alienating\u2019 Hispanics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armey Accuses ?Destructive? Tancredo Of \u2018Alienating\u2019 Hispanics \t\t<\/a>
Today, at a luncheon at the National Press Club on the future of the Republican Party in Washington, FreedomWorks chairman and tea party strategist Dick Armey slammed former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) and other anti-immigration activists for “alienating a ‘natural’ constituency [Latinos] that could help the party win elections.” Armey admitted that as House leader, […]<\/p>\n

\"tancredoarmey\"Today, at a luncheon at the National Press Club on the future of the Republican Party in Washington, FreedomWorks chairman and tea party strategist Dick Armey slammed<\/a> former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) and other anti-immigration activists for “alienating a ‘natural’ constituency [Latinos] that could help the party win elections.” Armey admitted that as House leader, he made sure Tancredo didn’t have a stage to speak on. The Daily Caller reports:<\/p>\n

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Former Republican House leader Dick Armey said staunch anti-immigration opponents such as Rep. Tom Tancredo are destructive to Republicans \u2014 and are alienating a \u201cnatural\u201d constituency that could help the party win elections. \u201cWho in the Republican Party was the genius that said that now that we have identified the fastest-growing voting demographic in America, let\u2019s go out and alienate them?\u201d Armey said, referencing Hispanics, during a luncheon in Washington at the National Press Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was the majority leader, I saw to it that Tom Tancredo did not get on the stage because I saw how destructive he was,\u201d<\/strong> Armey said of the Colorado congressman and 2008 Republican presidential candidate known for his opposition to illegal immigration. […]<\/p>\n

Armey also said \u201cthe Republican Party is the most naturally talented party at losing its natural constituents in the history of the world.\u201d \u201cThis party was born with the emancipation proclamation and can\u2019t get a black vote to save its life. How do they do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In an interview<\/a> with Charlie Rose that aired earlier this month, Armey listed Tancredo (R-CO) as representing part of the \u201ctea party tent\u201d that he feels \u201cuncomfortable\u201d with. In 2006, Armey referred to Tancredo as the \u201ccheerleader of jerkiness in the immigration debate<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n

Armey’s remarks have clearly made “nativist-extremist<\/a>” groups that are trying to exploit the momentum of the tea party movement nervous. Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC) quickly came to Tancredo’s defense<\/a> and started urging its members to attack Armey\u2019s immigration position. According to ALIPAC, Armey has been fighting to \u201ckeep the illegal immigration issue out of the Tea Party movement.\u201d On an organizing conference call<\/a> hosted by NumbersUSA<\/a>, callers dismissed Armey as not being a “true tea party patriot,” but also sought tips on how to translate their anti-immigrant views to fit the tea party narrative. “We\u2019ll be a whole lot better off if when [sic] we talk about illegal immigrants we leave off the Hispanic-Latino stuff,” advised NumbersUSA executive director Roy Beck.<\/p>\n

More on The Wonk Room<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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