Colorado, Nevada, Utah leaders leave Republican Party in light of GOP newly adopted Arizona-like immigration policies
by Dee Dee Garcia Blase on Aug. 23, 2012, under 2012 Congressional Races, 2012 Presidential elections, 2012 United states senate races, Hispanic Latino Vote, Independent voter centrist moderate swing voteMore and more Latino leaders are leaving the Republican Party due to the GOP officially endorsing it’s backing of Arizona-style state immigration laws.
The Republican Party is no longer the Party of Abraham Lincoln nor is it the Party of Ronald Reagan. The Republican Party has allowed itself to be the DIXIECRAT party that predates the Civil Rights era.
From The Hill:
FROM SOMOS REPUBLICANS:
National Vice President of SOMOS REPUBLICANS / COLORADO Leader to be counted in SOMOS INDEPENDENTS
August 23, 2012
National Vice President of SOMOS REPUBLICANS, Steven Rodriguez, reacts to new Arizona-style and anti-immigrant GOP platform:
Count me in with Somos Independents. The Pueblo GOP here has always been hardcore anti-immigrant (Hispanic) and well the Tea Party has taken over the local party so I have officially become an Independent.
Nevada SOMOS REPUBLICANS Leader leaving to go to SOMOS INDEPENDENTS
August 23, 2012
Just in: Jim Gonzalez will be leaving SOMOS REPUBLICANS and going to SOMOS INDEPENDENTS because he said:
“My full support is with immigration and this is our new direction…”
UTAH leader leaving SOMOS REPUBLICANS and going to SOMOS INDEPENDENTS
August 23, 2012
Antonella Packard has switched her affiliation from the Republican Party to an unaffiliated or independent voter.
She stated:
“I already made a change to my party affiliation to “unaffiliated” – Count me in on Somos Independents.”
