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Hispanics making pro-Trump voices heard in Houston
The Houston Chronicle ^ | September 18, 2016 | Keri Blakinger

Posted on 09/18/2016 4:57:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

What Houston's Hispanic Donald Trump supporters lack in experience, they make up for in fervor.

Even in Sunday's sweltering 93-degree heat, about a dozen members of the Houston Trump Latino Coalition jumped up and down, blew kisses and ran up to cars to try to win the support of passers-by at the corner of Pansy and Fairmont in Pasadena.

They weren't always successful. "Whenever they flip you the finger, just blow them a kiss," suggested one supporter.

The Pasadena gathering was the first of two roadside demonstrations Sunday for the group that just formed in June.

Co-founder Renee Garza clutched her Trump cut-out as she explained that the candidate's controversial comments about Mexicans have been spun and misconstrued.

"The mainstream media has not done a good job of covering him," she said.

"He said, 'some,'" she added, referencing the billionaire's now infamous comment during his June 2015 candidacy announcement when he said Mexico doesn't send its best people to the U.S.

"They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people," he said last year....

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: hispanics; latinos; texas; trump

1 posted on 09/18/2016 4:57:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow.. Pansy street?


2 posted on 09/18/2016 4:59:14 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pasedena, TX is very conservative. A lot of good people working on the Ship Channel, refineries, and chemical plants.


3 posted on 09/18/2016 5:32:22 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

Jorge Ramos needs to get over there and interview them.


4 posted on 09/18/2016 6:25:34 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LATINOS 4 TRUMP MUSIC VIDEO ROCKS THE INTERNET!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=eUtNmz4GnZA


5 posted on 09/20/2016 3:01:52 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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