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Hispanic Activist Touted by Bush Campaign Supporting Rubio
Weekly Standard ^ | 12/9/15 | Michael Warren

Posted on 12/12/2015 2:33:14 PM PST by jimbo123

A prominent Hispanic political activist in Nevada who was once touted by the Jeb Bush campaign as a supporter has said he will caucus for Marco Rubio next year.

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Romero, 69, is the president of the non-partisan Hispanics in Politics, the oldest political organization for Hispanics in Nevada.

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Until this year, the 48-year resident of the Las Vegas area was a Democrat, but in June, he attended a Jeb Bush campaign event in Nevada and announced he had switched parties. In a video published by the Bush campaign, the former Florida governor is seen hugging Romero as the crowd cheers:

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Romero says he did organize an event honoring Bush's wife, who is Mexican, but that his interest in Bush was "misconstrued" to be support. Request for comment from the Bush campaign has not yet been returned.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: bush; caucus; elections; fernandoromero; hispanic; hispanicsinpolitics; immigration; jebbush; lasvegas; marcorubio; nevada; romero; rubio; trump; trumpwasright

1 posted on 12/12/2015 2:33:14 PM PST by jimbo123
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Until this year, the 48-year resident of the Las Vegas area was a Democrat, but in June, he attended a Jeb Bush campaign event in Nevada and announced he had switched parties.
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Well, it makes sense that a recent ‘RAT would want to support either Yeb or Marco Rubio-—they work well with the Schumers of the world to “get things done”. Of course, it’s all the wrong things from a conservative perspective...but they still “get things done”.


2 posted on 12/12/2015 2:39:13 PM PST by House Atreides (Cruz or lose! Do TG & Boogieman have to be asses every day?)
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Until this year, the 48-year resident of the Las Vegas area was a Democrat
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More Democrats in R jerseys supporting the destruction of the rule of law and the country.


3 posted on 12/12/2015 2:39:26 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Islamophobia? It is not irrational to fear evil)
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No one loves a self hating white liberal, brochacho Yebito.


4 posted on 12/12/2015 2:40:18 PM PST by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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