August 12, 2020
W'S WAY OR BUST:
Florida Republicans Send Dire Warning to Party--Change Immigration Policy or GOP Will Die (RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY, 8/12/20, Newsweek)
"The party needs to understand what America will look like in 10 to 20 years and stay relevant," said former Florida Republican Party Chairman Al Cárdenas, a Cuban-American. "I don't think we're doing a good job on policy, tone, content and inclusiveness."So far, the Republican operatives say their forewarnings have fallen on deaf ears.John Rowe, chairman emeritus of Exelon Corporation and a longtime GOP donor, was more blunt about what's at stake."The Republican Party has no future in Florida unless it starts reaching out more definitively to Latino groups and other immigrant groups," Rowe said. "There's a real disconnect between hardened conservative voters and the economic needs of the state."
If we don't revert to the Reagan/Bush/Bush openness to immigration we deserve to die.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 12, 2020 7:02 AM