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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1286795" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank">Texas Democrat Says GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Needs Permission To Campaign In Hispanic Areas, Calls His Latina Wife A “Prop”…</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank">“Greg Abbott came into our house uninvited, wanting to somehow give the illusion that the Lubbock County Hispanic community is supportive,” Lubbock city councilman Victor Hernandez said after Abbott visited the West Texas town and held a campaign rally at a Mexican restaurant. “If you want to come into my house, the first thing you have to do is to see me — see me as a person, see me as a human being, see me as a fellow Texan.”</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank"></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank">Hernandez, who chairs the local chapter Tejano Democrats, is furious about Abbott’s appeal to Hispanic voters in his city. Even though Abbott was met by a crowd of supporters at Jimenez Bakery and Restaurant last week, Hernandez branded the stop as “offensive” to Hispanics and “beyond any sense of decency.”</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank"></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank"><strong>He criticized Abbott and Republican candidates for not clearing their visit with local Hispanic groups.</strong></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank"></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/" target="_blank"><strong>The <em>Lubbock Avalanche-Journal</em> [URL='http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-02-26/tejano-democrats-call-greg-abbotts-stop-lubbock-offensive#.UxTuVPRdXAY']said</strong></a><strong> Hernandez couldn’t recall specific examples of Wendy Davis showing the same deference to such groups.</strong></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><strong>But he’s in hot water over his alleged use of the word “prop” to describe Cecilia Abbott, Greg Abbott’s Hispanic wife of 33 years.</strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>[/URL]</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1286795, member: 12952"] [SIZE=5][B][URL='http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/']Texas Democrat Says GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Needs Permission To Campaign In Hispanic Areas, Calls His Latina Wife A “Prop”…[/URL][/B] [B][URL='http://weaselzippers.us/178465-texas-democrat-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-needs-permission-to-campaign-in-hispanic-areas-calls-his-latina-wife-a-prop/']“Greg Abbott came into our house uninvited, wanting to somehow give the illusion that the Lubbock County Hispanic community is supportive,” Lubbock city councilman Victor Hernandez said after Abbott visited the West Texas town and held a campaign rally at a Mexican restaurant. “If you want to come into my house, the first thing you have to do is to see me — see me as a person, see me as a human being, see me as a fellow Texan.” Hernandez, who chairs the local chapter Tejano Democrats, is furious about Abbott’s appeal to Hispanic voters in his city. Even though Abbott was met by a crowd of supporters at Jimenez Bakery and Restaurant last week, Hernandez branded the stop as “offensive” to Hispanics and “beyond any sense of decency.” [B]He criticized Abbott and Republican candidates for not clearing their visit with local Hispanic groups.[/B] [B]The [I]Lubbock Avalanche-Journal[/I] [URL='http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-02-26/tejano-democrats-call-greg-abbotts-stop-lubbock-offensive#.UxTuVPRdXAY']said[/B][/URL][B] Hernandez couldn’t recall specific examples of Wendy Davis showing the same deference to such groups. But he’s in hot water over his alleged use of the word “prop” to describe Cecilia Abbott, Greg Abbott’s Hispanic wife of 33 years.[/B] [/URL][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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