I’m Hispanic, Catholic, and my ancestors-mostly Basques from the Pyrenees in Spain-came to South Texas to ranch in the 1700’s from Mexico to give the finger to the Spanish government there. They fought for Texas independence, and we are/were libertarian leaning conservatives-we vote Republican, and liberals, or even rinos are rare, and shunned Amish style at family gatherings.
Like many others in the rural areas of the southwest, I have spoken Spanish as a second language from early childhood-country people of all ethnicities living near the border often do-there is a tourist trap owner here who is from Pakistan, and he speaks Spanish quite well.
Since my ancestors left two places-Spain and Mexico-to get away from government in their lives, why the hell would we want it now? That is why many of us still live way in the boonies. You might be surprised at how many people of Hispanic ancestry are conservative-many of us live and work in the rural areas, where our families have been for a few hundred years-New Mexico has a lot of rural Hispanics who are conservative, too...
We do not like illegals, or want them here-most old-family Hispanics here do not-we like Ted Cruz and his ideas. I’ve never understood what is wrong with Hispanics in California-maybe something in the water?
I’d be willing to bet Hispanics in California with a background/pedigree similar to yours are conservative, as well. But those aren’t the Hispanics that are being wooed to Texas or the ones I worry about in Texas (or anywhere else, for that matter). Bottom line is, this article makes lots of points about Latinos and the “GOP”. I think we can all agree that “GOP” does not necessarily translate to “conservative”, even in Texas.
Rural Texas Bump!
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